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PYago (pyago@scruznet.com) wrote:
: 1 bedroom availabale, in spacious, sylish, Santa Cruz home with excellent
: views. Terrific location with easy access to highway 17, and downtown.
: No couples or pets.
  ^^^^^^^^^^

Are you legally allowed to specify "no couples"?

mike

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On 25 Nov 1998 19:09:07 GMT, bender@Sun.COM (Michael Bender)
wrote:

>PYago (pyago@scruznet.com) wrote:
>: 1 bedroom availabale, in spacious, sylish, Santa Cruz home with excellent
>: views. Terrific location with easy access to highway 17, and downtown.
>: No couples or pets.
>  ^^^^^^^^^^
>
>Are you legally allowed to specify "no couples"?

Wouldn't that depend on the gender of the couples?

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bender@Sun.COM (Michael Bender):
>PYago (pyago@scruznet.com) wrote:
>: 1 bedroom availabale, in spacious, sylish, Santa Cruz home with excellent
>: views. Terrific location with easy access to highway 17, and downtown.
>: No couples or pets.
>  ^^^^^^^^^^
>
>Are you legally allowed to specify "no couples"?

I don't believe so.  (IANAL, I just own _The Landlord's Law Book_, and
only Volume 1 at that.)  As I understand it, you can't legally rule
out prospective tenants on the basis of sex, marital status, sexual
orientation, or number of intended occupants up to and including two
per bedroom plus one.

-Sheba
Bathsheba Grossman                                      Santa Cruz, CA
http://www.bathsheba.com                                (831) 429-8224

In article <73i0mm$91b$1@triton.dnai.com>, sheba@triton.dnai.com
(Bathsheba Grossman) wrote:

> bender@Sun.COM (Michael Bender):
> >PYago (pyago@scruznet.com) wrote:
> >: 1 bedroom availabale, in spacious, sylish, Santa Cruz home with excellent
> >: views. Terrific location with easy access to highway 17, and downtown.
> >: No couples or pets.
> >  ^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> >Are you legally allowed to specify "no couples"?
> 
> I don't believe so.  (IANAL, I just own _The Landlord's Law Book_, and
> only Volume 1 at that.)  As I understand it, you can't legally rule
> out prospective tenants on the basis of sex, marital status, sexual
> orientation, or number of intended occupants up to and including two
> per bedroom plus one.

roommates fall under totally different requirements and you can specify
quite a few things that would be illegal in a traditional landlording
situation.  Please refer to the California department of Consumer Affairs
booklets on this very topic.  They're online at:
http://www.dca.ca.gov/r_r/lanldtoc.htm

here is the relevant section:

Limited exceptions for single rooms and roommates

If the owner of an owner-occupied, single-family home rents out a single
room in the home to a roomer or a boarder, and there are no other roomers
or boarders living in the household, the owner is not subject to the
restrictions listed under "Examples of unlawful discrimination". However,
the owner cannot make oral or written statements, or use notices or
advertisements which indicate any preference, limitation, or
discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, marital status,
national origin, ancestry, familial status, or disability.

A person in a single-family dwelling who advertises for a roommate may
express a preference on the basis of gender, if living areas (such as the
kitchen, living room, or bathroom) will be shared by the roommate.

Bathsheba Grossman wrote:
> 
> bender@Sun.COM (Michael Bender):
> >PYago (pyago@scruznet.com) wrote:
> >: 1 bedroom availabale, in spacious, sylish, Santa Cruz home with excellent
> >: views. Terrific location with easy access to highway 17, and downtown.
> >: No couples or pets.
> >  ^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> >Are you legally allowed to specify "no couples"?
> 
> I don't believe so.  (IANAL, I just own _The Landlord's Law Book_, and
> only Volume 1 at that.)  As I understand it, you can't legally rule
> out prospective tenants on the basis of sex, marital status, sexual
> orientation, or number of intended occupants up to and including two
> per bedroom plus one.

It is completely legal to specify this sort of thing when you are
renting a room *within* a house.  It is only illegal
discrimination/advertising if it is for a completely self contained
rental unit (apartment, cottage, house).  

jc