Section 8 accusing PM of discrimination

[Michael Ernst]

I have a property up for rent and I got a zillow application that I denied for not having 2.5x income to rent ratio as well as not showing any employment history.

This person called my cell and went in a tirade about the denial accusing me of not wanting to rent to her because I don't want section 8 and that its illegal to deny her on income. She claimed she was going to report me to HUD immediately for discrimination.

Being a fairly new property manager, I'm assuming I handled this the right way and just kept reiterating on those 2 facts of 2.5x income to rent ratio and employment history.

Should I have handled this differently?

One suggestion was to keep all applications open/pending until you select a qualified tenant and then just use them as the denial for everyone else. This a better approach?

Thanks!