Re: selecting tenans - Landlord Forum thread

Re: selecting tenans by Dean Z on February 23, 2002 @10:42

I know in Ohio, if you, the owner, live in one of the units, and it is 4 units or less, you can say that there are NO children allowed. Lisa W on 2/21/102 11:36 AM said: >>jennifer siagian on 2/20/102 8:16 PM said: >> >> >> >>>>We own a two family home in Brooklyn NY. We just went >> >>>> >> >>>>through evicting the tenants we inherited with our "new" >> >>>> >> >>>>house Now we are ready to rent it out. A realtor told me it >> >>>> >> >>>>was illegal to request that the apartment is for "2 >> >>>> >> >>>>persons". He said it was discriminating against children. >> >>>> >> >>>>What are our rights as landlords? Can we chose who we want >> >>>> >> >>>>to live in our place? The last tenants had 5 people living >> >>>> >> >>>>in the 4 room apartment. We don't want to repeat this again. >> >>>> >> >>>>How does a landlord select a >> >>>> >> >>Jennifer, >> >>To my understanding, only those classes protected under the law are not to be discriminated against....race, age, sex, disability, religion. >> >>I think I have seen marital status thrown in here, too, but I believe the Section 8 program from which we get a few tenants requires that we don't discriminate against unmarried mothers. >> >>Unless the NY state or local laws prevent it, you can rent to 2 people with no children. >> >>Please ask that realtor what s/he bases his/her knowledge on. >> >>Lisa W >>

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