((a)) ** Application to certain described dwellings** Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) and , the prohibitions against discrimination in the sale or rental of housing set forth in shall apply:
((1)) Upon enactment of this subchapter, to—
((A)) dwellings owned or operated by the Federal Government;
((B)) dwellings provided in whole or in part with the aid of loans, advances, grants, or contributions made by the Federal Government, under agreements entered into after , unless payment due thereon has been made in full prior to ;
((C)) dwellings provided in whole or in part by loans insured, guaranteed, or otherwise secured by the credit of the Federal Government, under agreements entered into after , unless payment thereon has been made in full prior to : , That nothing contained in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of this subsection shall be applicable to dwellings solely by virtue of the fact that they are subject to mortgages held by an FDIC or FSLIC institution; and
((D)) dwellings provided by the development or the redevelopment of real property purchased, rented, or otherwise obtained from a State or local public agency receiving Federal financial assistance for slum clearance or urban renewal with respect to such real property under loan or grant contracts entered into after .
((2)) After , to all dwellings covered by paragraph (1) and to all other dwellings except as exempted by subsection (b).
((b)) ** Exemptions** Nothing in (other than subsection (c)) shall apply to—
((1)) any single-family house sold or rented by an owner: , That such private individual owner does not own more than three such single-family houses at any one time: , That in the case of the sale of any such single-family house by a private individual owner not residing in such house at the time of such sale or who was not the most recent resident of such house prior to such sale, the exemption granted by this subsection shall apply only with respect to one such sale within any twenty-four month period: , That such bona fide private individual owner does not own any interest in, nor is there owned or reserved on his behalf, under any express or voluntary agreement, title to or any right to all or a portion of the proceeds from the sale or rental of, more than three such single-family houses at any one time: , That after , the sale or rental of any such single-family house shall be excepted from the application of this subchapter only if such house is sold or rented (A) without the use in any manner of the sales or rental facilities or the sales or rental services of any real estate broker, agent, or salesman, or of such facilities or services of any person in the business of selling or renting dwellings, or of any employee or agent of any such broker, agent, salesman, or person and (B) without the publication, posting or mailing, after notice, of any advertisement or written notice in violation of ; but nothing in this proviso shall prohibit the use of attorneys, escrow agents, abstractors, title companies, and other such professional assistance as necessary to perfect or transfer the title, or
((2)) rooms or units in dwellings containing living quarters occupied or intended to be occupied by no more than four families living independently of each other, if the owner actually maintains and occupies one of such living quarters as his residence.
((c)) ** Business of selling or renting dwellings defined** For the purposes of subsection (b), a person shall be deemed to be in the business of selling or renting dwellings if—
((1)) he has, within the preceding twelve months, participated as principal in three or more transactions involving the sale or rental of any dwelling or any interest therein, or
((2)) he has, within the preceding twelve months, participated as agent, other than in the sale of his own personal residence in providing sales or rental facilities or sales or rental services in two or more transactions involving the sale or rental of any dwelling or any interest therein, or
((3)) he is the owner of any dwelling designed or intended for occupancy by, or occupied by, five or more families.