As a small, service based property management company serving the greater Sacramento area, we are always mindful of our clients' wishes, except to the extent when a client's wishes are in conflict with anti-discrimination laws.
Frankly, I am surprised just how often the question comes up, so we'll ask it again here:
How much say does the landlord have in the placement of the tenant?
The answer: It depends. If the tenant is being placed within a bedroom in the landlords home AND the landlord is still occupying the home while a portion of it is being rented (a sublet), then the owner can make the call as to whom he or she would like to rent to (i.e. man/woman/single/married/etc.)
However, if the rental dwelling is being offered on the market for lease or rent (not a sublet), federal fair housing laws apply. Recently an owner client called to state she "really liked the couple that viewed the home last week, but did not want to rent to them because they have 4 children". I was quick to inform the client that she could not make such a distinction, that health and safety codes permitted up to 2 persons per bedroom +1, so a 4 bedroom home conceivably could accommodate up to 9 people.
It looks like we'll lose a client over our insistance to comply with fair housing laws, but that is preferable to a fair housing complaint.
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