Rent By The Room Gender/ Age Question

[Chris G.]

I know most companies and landlords despise renting units by the room, however we have a couple we rent by the bedroom. A couple 4/4 and 4/2, all furnished. Currently we have different male and female units since this is what we found works best and has everyone get along. Majority of the female units wouldn't feel comfortable with a guy moving in, the male units I don't think they'd care if a female moved in but I can see issues with that. These are in a popular college town so 99% of the renters are around 19-25 and are students.

We're starting to worry about the gender rights currently around the country along with the fair housing laws if we can continue to keep male and female units separate. For one in our listings we put "currently has 2-3 male tenants" or the opposite for females. If a female wants to move into a male unit or the other way around can they be declined because of that? Or can it be up to the current tenants if they're fine with living with the opposite gender? Second question is about age, like I mentioned most are 19-25 students and don't feel comfortable living with someone who is 40-50 can they be declined due to age?

I've tried finding some helpful information on this online or looked at other listings but it seems mixed with no straight answer. The only thing I found was about if tenants are sharing a common area with the landlord then the landlord can be gender specific. I saw some colleges around the area offer LGBTQ specific apartments which any gender can rent out.