And was glad to see them move out :-)For instance, I routinely ignored angry voicemails from tenants about how they could hear other tenants having loud sex. 

If someone with a conviction from 10 years ago that was non-violent, and not related to drugs or a sex crime - then they are a protected class.  

I want to make sure you thoroughly understand this piece since you are going it alone.The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination against prospective tenants and current tenants on the basis of the following characteristics or "protected classes": race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, and familial status.

We use screening company to verify previous addresses, please list accurate information so we can speak to your previous landlord(s).Criminal History - No felonies, or sex offenses, drug trafficking, violent crime, terrorism, burglary, theft, arson, vandalism.

Have dinner with her at your place, watch a movie with her at your place and have sex at your place but then send her back to her parents house afterwards.  

You are correct about Baltimore and other areas in that the landlord is responsible for screening the prospective tenant for criminal record, sex offender, etc...

Many of them are in the most gorgeous areas I've ever seen and are on huge pieces of beautiful land, in blue ribbon school districts and no sex offenders.

And there's no better place to flee from those pesky housing initiatives than the home state of this guy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Castro (take a look at  his job title) and  no better city than Fort Worth http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/...Your baldfaced refusal to accept vouchers is probably unlawful of itself but even if I am wrong on that it is not hard to construe such a policy  as discriminatory on grounds of, sex, race and/or familial status as those demographics will be disproportionately disadvantaged by your exclusion.Everybody thinks they are fair.

You just have to make sure you're not approving/declining an applicant based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, age, familial or marital status, handicap or disability or sexual orientation.  

One or two reposts of this elsewhere could cause you and your firm lots of trouble.Here are the illegal reasons to discriminate:colorrace• religion• sex• national origin• disability• familial statusLanguage is not on that list.