Its possible that she's an RN that works for herself through a 1099 so everything is take home pay but that doesn't exclude the fact that she can't verify income or show submitted taxes.

Excluding new housing from the rent control regulation was intentional to encourage building new housing.  

Obviously we can exclude the prohibited dog list.

I see two possible exemptions in the new law that could apply to your situation.The new law has a list of "properties and circumstances" that are excluded from coverage under this law. 

And if there was, I'm pretty sure that insurance bought *after* a problem starts would exclude that pre-existing problem from coverage.

On top of the forms used there is an unlimited amount of items that can be included/excluded from them.

I can leave them if youd like but I will not repair them when they fail and they are specifically excluded from the lease."

. § 704.29), you can withhold lost rent, as well as other listed reasons, such as damage to the property, excluding normal wear and tear. 

My lease states (removed the parts not at all applicable):Deductions:(a) damages to the Property, excluding normal wear and tear, and all reasonable costs associated to repair the Property;(b) costs for which Tenant is responsible to clean, deodorize, exterminate, and maintain the Property;(f) unpaid pet charges;(q) cost to restore walls, flooring, landscaping or any alteration to the Property not approved in writing by Landlord; and(r) damages to the Property caused by smoking, including but not limited to stains, burns, odors, and removal of debris.Here's a photo of one of the door frames, for example.

@Curtis Bidwell  As I understand it in MA, the owner occupant CAN exclude families from children, at the time of initial rental, BUT agents are not allowed to screen out those families, they must present all qualified applicants to the landlord who then has the right to exclude them, AND (another big) BUT, once those tenants are in place, the landlord has no ability to control their family size (ie pregnancy, adoption, custody changes, etc).