Hi all,Bit of a sticky situation at one of my rentals currently. I just received a phone call from a tenant who rents a two bedroom apartment from us with another male tenant. He was calling to report that he has repe...

Also, due to KC mayor creating this ordinance, which to highlight and summarize includes:bans discrimination against tenants based solely on:"-Source of income from an occupation, including gig work or paying rent in cash-Use of public programs like Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, disability checks, or social security-Poor credit score-Prior evictions and alleged damages older than 12 months (less than 12 months can be a basis for denial)-Prior convictions or arrests (sexual and violent crimes are excepted, a landlord can still deny based on these convictions)-The ordinance also requires the city to proactively scan for rental ads using discriminatory language like “no Section 8” or “no past evictions”.

The fee is advertised publicly for all to see, regardless of age, gender, race, sexual orientation, accent, or whatever.

Recently, more states have adopted protections based upon sexual orientation and gender identity, for example.

Using demeaning and sexual language during confrontations.

Those are slumlords that ignore repeated warnings and fines or landlords that sexually harass their renters.You want to stay out of court?

The Fair Housing Act is what applies to privately owned property (with the exceptions Bruce listed above) and it forbids discrimination against prospective tenants because of their disability as well as race, religion, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), skin color, familial status, and national origin. 

No one would ask on an application form what the applicant's sexual orientation, religion, race is etc...so why would you ask about ESA? 

If she is the perfect tenant except she is (Age/Sex/Race/Religion/Familial status/sexual orientation) then well you are simply discriminating.

Something that started with this a couple of years ago (my house on the right)Has turned into the removal of the fence separating the two properties (by the owner of the truck) which leaves me losing the foot of space between the privacy fence and the boundary fence.Mitigating circumstances - the guy that owns the truck has a history of violent crime (kidnapping, sexual assault on a child, assaulting a police officer, etc., etc.) and my interactions with him have resulted in schizophrenic ramblings (i.e. the Vatican owns my property, all financial transactions are routed through the city of London, etc.)I spoke with an attorney from this forum (a terrific help) earlier this week and I am weighing my options...the best being a 4 foot retaining wall along the property line with a 6 foot permitted fence to the front of the house.