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A fair shake in housing
How landlords can avoid legal pitfalls while screening potential tenants By VEGAS INC Staff
Consider these two scenarios: You’re a landlord with a unit to rent. A family with two young children submits an application and passes your tenant screening. You offer them an apartment on a specific floor in a specific building, because that’s where all of the families with children live. ¶ Is that legal? No. ¶ A young minority couple applies to l an dlords, Continue d on page 15
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