Yes. Surprised? Read this entire post to make sure you clearly understand. Landlords, banks and others who base their approval (or disapproval) on someone's ability to make payments on a loan or some other financial obligation may lawfully discriminate based on income, credit, current obligations and other factors. Make no mistake about it -- this is a type of discrimination, but it is lawful discrimination. What a landlord (or others) cannot do is unlawfully discriminate. It is unlawful to discriminate against a tenant applicant based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, handicap or familial status (i.e., because the applicant has children), but a landlord may discriminate against an applicant on any other basis. For example, a landlord may reject a tenant application because s/he has insufficient income, drives a motorcycle and/or because s/he is a lawyer.
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So it is lawful for a landlord to choose whom he/she wants to rent his/her property? Response by Carlton C. Casler: Read this response carefully. Landlords CAN discriminate, but cannot unlawfully discriminate. It is discrimination to rent to a person, or to not rent to a person, based upon that person's income, credit rating, rental history, etc., but that is LAWFUL discrimination. It is UNLAWFUL to discriminate based on: race, religion, national origin, sex, handicap or familial status (i.e., because the applicant has children).
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