An Act relative to the fair housing ordinance of the city of Cambridge

This bill updates Cambridge's fair housing ordinance to explicitly include relationship status and family structure alongside existing protected categories like sexual orientation and gender identity. It directly affects landlords, housing providers, and tenants by expanding legal protections against discrimination to cover diverse family arrangements, such as multi-partner households, and specific definitions of elderly housing. The legislation also clarifies terms like "source of income" to include public assistance while excluding income from criminal activity, and ensures that reasonable attorney fees can cover necessary expert witness costs in legal disputes. By amending specific sections of the local code, the bill aims to broaden the scope of fair housing enforcement without altering the fundamental right to housing.