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Anthony McDougle Legal Considerations for Roommates vs. Normal Tenants
7 December 2013 | 7 replies
You might want to choose roommate gender according to how many inquiries of each that you get.
Rob K. Rental Applicants: All kinds of crazy!
1 December 2013 | 51 replies
Even though this is your home, purchased with your own money, you cannot disqualify someone because of their race, color, religion, gender, children, etc., and day by day the list gets longer and longer, so you have to be very careful in whom you choose and HOW you choose them.The very first thing one needs to do in selecting a tenant is to do a credit check!
Courtney T. homes sold from underneath me by a name doppelganger in jail
31 May 2022 | 9 replies
My birthday, soc, gender, and middle name didn’t match his when they got his ID at closing.
N/A N/A Landlord causing my wife trouble, please need advice
5 March 2007 | 6 replies
It's discrimination if she makes rental decisions based upon race/gender/etc, but it's not discrimination to choose to rent it to a friend.
Steve K. How can contracts be anonymous?
10 April 2022 | 31 replies
I'm not in a race or of a class or gender that is often discriminated against.
Andrea Nielson Student housing
22 November 2016 | 11 replies
I think it all depends on if one of the tenants specifies a need for single gender housing though.
Derrick Thomas Discrimination in Real Estate Investment
30 June 2017 | 88 replies
I don't care about race, age, gender, etc.
Alex Tobias Fair Housing Laws & Gender Specific Roommates/Attached Apartments
14 February 2018 | 8 replies

I see people routinely trying to rent a room in their place or attached apartments to only females. Do you think this violates fair housing discrimination laws? It seems clear to me, but am surprised how common this is.

Steven Chang Fair Housing Act Gender Discrimination
22 February 2016 | 2 replies
This is more out of curiosity than anything, but it sounds like the Fair Housing Act makes it illegal to have discriminatory advertising against a protected class, gender being one.
Nancy Roth large family applied to rent small house
2 February 2014 | 19 replies
I can't reject anyone based solely on his/her familial status, so is it even legal to ask questions about kids' ages, genders, sleeping arrangements?