Overheard another landlord about rent discounts....

[Casandra M.]

I overheard another landlord in the  S.E. Wisconsin area stating that last year they started a rent promotion program where if tenants have a certain amount of volunteer hours logged with a list of pre-approved organizations in the city where the rental units are, that they got a 10% reduction in rent. 

Assuming these are non-profit orgs that are not restricted to religious organizations or targeting protected-classes, is this actually legal? I know that it's legal to give rent discounts to serviceman and those in the police and fire dept., but I never gave a second though to other types of discounts?

[Dick Stevens]

Legal or not, who cares?  Do you really want to monitor tenant volunteer activity and reduce your monthly income?  If so, you’re in the wrong business.  Be charitable on your time, run your rental business separately.