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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sure you'll hear from some lawyers here on DCUM, but as far as I know, as long as you'd be open to someone of any race/religion/sexual orientation/etc etc it's not illegal.

I will say that this seems just as dicey as AirBnB as far as having the space open for the holidays.  If you have a renter with a legal lease I don't think you can ask them to vacate for random days, holidays or not.  I would not assume that a presumably low-paid intern or PhD student has the funds to travel home for holidays, either.  [/quote]

OP here. Yes I am open any race/religion etc etc etc in that list, [b]what I really don’t want is men, particarly the over 35 white variety[/b]. I also would generally look to rent to people with liberal political leanings. Like having a young woman working at planned parenthood would be awesome.

I sort of don’t care if this is illegal, I want to do a small part to help a bit and this seems like a nice way to do it. But I also wanted to dcum gut check. Maybe my friend just thought my plan was stupid. [/quote]

Race, gender, and age discrimination are all illegal, so, yea, you suck.

Also, I don't know where you live, but if it's in DC once you have a tenant you can't legally evict them even once their lease runs out so long as they keep paying the rent.  You could easily have one of the nice women who you are trying to "help" the tables on you and refuse to leave -- and there's little under the law that you can do to evict her once that happens.  I hope it does.  [/quote]

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