How can i be selective with choosing renters but not be discriminating?
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just avoid questions concerning race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, familal status, disability, whether potential tenant's family consists of members under 18 years of age. also no questions about age or disability. anything pertaining to these are protected. so, if you're asking about creating positive changes in the world, that's fine. i don't know how you can advertise this. you may be able to bring the subject up as you're screening them.
no. you would clearly be descriminating. you appear narrow minded to these people.
One thing is how your market your property. If you put it out there with these as important items, then you will attract renters that are like minded.
Since you have a very specific type of tenant in mind, you should try to use personal connections to find tenants.
If you do have to end up marketing more widely make sure that you are providing roughly equivalent agreements to all tenants. While there is no law that you must charge the exact same rent for equivalent rooms, it would make a discrimination case stronger if you are charging someone from a protected group significantly more or providing significantly less.
I lived in a shared house in London . An English women. a Irish man, An African and a Chinese couple and we lived together under one roof without any fuss but helpful .For you the most important thing will be are they capable of paying your rent.This is not a black and white issue but a tenant and landlord issue.
Actually you are legally allowed to discriminate based on political views, which is basically what you are saying you want to do. You are looking for people who think like you do (good luck with that).
Discrimination laws only protect a select group of people, color, religion, race, disability, sexual orientation. All of those groups could very well practice "Choice Theory".
Just be sure to not to mention any protected groups in any ads and you should be fine.
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