My son recently graduated high school and I am not in love with my current day job but I do take care of my elderly grandmother who lives near me.

It's harder for the elderly to get out of small spaces.

.), you just cannot insist that their income comes from a job because that would discriminate against the disabled (who get money from disability insurance instead of a job), the retired/elderly (who get money from SS or pensions), etc.Not a lawyer, not legal advice.

Same thing goes for elderly tenants and their kids, the adult child may or may not guarantee the lease, but they get a key and permission because I don't do health and welfare checks, the kids can or the cops or paramedics can.

He used to do small maintenance projects for the previous owner who was an elderly lady, and has he has lived in the property for 15 years.

I did tax preparation for low income and elderly this past January - April. 

It's clear that anyone who doesn't speak English will be viewed under the light of national origin, I covered that, how language is an obvious indicator of someone who ain't from here.It would be similar to say I don't rent to people who wear diapers due to health hazards of the diaper, well, that person is a baby, that relates to age discrimination, if it's an elderly adult you're obviously hitting on a physical issue they have, another area of discrimination.

heh, i'm always worried about this situations as i'm a pet admirer myself and do find them so invaluable to wellness especially for the elderly, the disabled, and a few other niches like seizure predictions, etc. ditto for horticulture/gardening but fortunately houseplants dont normally cause any damages or liabilities like a tenants' lethal dog bites suddenly becoming the liability of the landlord as certain court cases in america have actually found (the landlord to be the statutory owner responsible for the dog's damages). i couldn't decide whether to put a 2M or 250M price tag on a toddler's loss of life, my bad in the story line!

@Linda Weygant  Isn't it the job of an elder sibling to  give, or at least share anything the younger one desires?

http://chicagoeviction.com/2013/01/refresher-on-ev...Domestic violence/ Elder abuse:http://www.illinoislegalaid.org/index.cfm?