How About Under 40 Or Under 55 Apartment Complexes?

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  1. Beth Gallagher

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    Seems to me that the individual who owns the property should be able to have any rules/conditions they want. If people don't like it, then don't live there.
     
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  2. Bess Barber

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    I think they can. The problem comes in when renters don't keep the rules and it's hard for a landlord to evict them based on personal owner rules. (Such as keeping the place clean, barking dogs, parties, etc.) Unless it falls under state/local laws, a landlord can be stuck with them until their lease is up.
     
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  3. Beth Gallagher

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    Oh, but all the discrimination laws, rent controls, etc. make it impossible for a landlord to have total control of his own property.
     
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  4. Cody Fousnaugh

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    Well, I'd just like to be told "you're too old to live here". That would tell some things about the folks that live there and, again, I'd have more of a choice on whether to live there or not. Unless people are "out and about" at an apartment complex, where a potential renter could see who they would be living around, that potential renter could make decisions more than based on how an apartment and/or complex looks.
     
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  5. Ken Anderson

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    While I agree that a property owner should be able to rent to whatever demographics s/he wants to, there are often stipulations as to what a homeowner can do with his/her own house so it's not unheard of. I think the idea behind California's law was that people with children were having a hard time finding a place to live. Given a choice, most property managers would probably not want single parents with children, in particular.
     
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    The only instance that I know of that can skirt anti discrimination laws would be a two family owner occupied duplex. key phrase being "owner occupied"
     
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