Fair Housing and Screening tenants question.

[Jerome Wiley]

Can the landlord ask a perspective tenant how many adults will reside at the rental property?

[Adam Bartomeo]

Absolutely! The loose guidelines say that you are allowed 2 heartbeats per bedroom. So, we also ask how many children will be living in the unit. Our understanding of the guidelines are that it isn't just bedrooms that determine how many people are allowed to live in a property but also the size of the unit, how many rooms it has, and how old the occupants are (meaning small children take up less room).