New HUD felony guidance effect on advertisement

[Bolanle Ogunmakin]

Hello All,

I am getting ready to put up a vacant unit for advertisement. I came across a discussion hereon not being able to automatically deny an applicant based on a felony charge. I don't plan to write "no felonies". I am willing to consider those with felonies as advised by HUD. Do I have to also exclude the customary, "will perform a background check" on the advertisement? Am I exempted since it's a owner-occupied duplex? I don't want to break Fair Housing rules so any insight will be helpful. Thanks!

Here is the discussion for reference: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/295...