Changing Tenant Screening Requirements?

[Danny Chan]

Hello,

I am trying to help my sister rent out a unit in her building in a class B area, but we are having trouble finding the right tenant. We followed suggestions and set up minimum screening requirements, one of which is a minimum credit score of 700. We have been contacted by several people, but they disappeared once we told them our minimum screening requirements. I was contacted today by a prospective tenant and was told he meets all our requirements except for the credit score. 

I was wondering, is it too late to change our screening requirements? Or would this violate fair housing laws? And let's say 3 months later, we still can't find a tenant with our screening requirements - does this mean we can't do anything about it?

Thanks!