Legal or Illegal: High income requirements for multiple tenants.

[Josh Dillingham]

In order to show a unit I require that a prospective tenant has a monthly income of 3x rent.  But that leaves more room for error for a single tenant than for a family of 4. would it be discrimination based on familial status if I required a monthly income of 3x rent + $200 per additional tenant?

also, for all of you that have a similar minimum monthly income requirement do you use net or gross income?

Thanks!

Josh

[Kim Meredith Hampton]

@Josh Dillingham I have a set resident selection criteria, please feel free to use if off my website. You want to make sure that you are firm, fair and consistent across the board of whatever you do in your business.