Are low-income people a protected class as tenants?

[AngusHsu]

Originally Posted by Huckleberry3911948

that is bek so little of it occurs.
he is what they do enforce
if u dont pay your section 8 u r out. i gave the money to the BF to pay does not work.

Clarify?

[Malloric]

More like an advantaged class, the antithesis of a protected class. There are lots of programs that discriminate based on low-income, for example Section 8. So no, not protected by any means.

[AngusHsu]

Originally Posted by Malloric

More like an advantaged class, the antithesis of a protected class. There are lots of programs that discriminate based on low-income, for example Section 8. So no, not protected by any means.

Very thoughtful Malloric. In SF, we have tons of below market rate housing programs that I am shut out from because I am in the middle class. Single room occupancies, public housing, and BMR apartments....you name it.

[humboldtrat]

Originally Posted by AngusHsu

If a low-income person doesn't pay rent for one month and you press the tenant for rent and it winds up in court eventually, can that person claim discrimination that the person is targeted for low-income status?

You either pay the rent or you're out in the street. It's as simple as that. Landlords are not running charities. If you can't pay rent, the landlord will find someone who can.

[oldtrader]

Very thoughtful Malloric. In SF, we have tons of below market rate housing programs that I am shut out from because I am in the middle class. Single room occupancies, public housing, and BMR apartments....you name it.

No the low income are not a protected class. What you are complaining about, is you as middle class cannot get some of the help to be able to have a place to live that the poor can take advantage of. If you want to get his help, then you can just quit your job, give away your things of value, and get a job at McDonald's for minimum wage. If you want the help they get, you have the option of making yourself poor enough to get that kind of help real quick. On the other hand, they don't have the option to take over your much higher paid job and getting into the middle class real quick.

You are jealous of the poor. There are not many like you.

[zombocom]

Originally Posted by AngusHsu

If a low-income person doesn't pay rent for one month and you press the tenant for rent and it winds up in court eventually, can that person claim discrimination that the person is targeted for low-income status?

You're in San Francisco, so it may very well be different there. However, generally speaking, a poor person is not granted additional protections in the form of say, eviction time period or what not.

[NoMoreSnowForMe]

Poor people are not a protected class. So, they can't claim discrimination based on the amount of their income.

You can't discriminate against someone because of the source of their income, though. If the amount of income meets the requirements, you can't discriminate because of where they get the money. So, you can't discriminate against them because they get child support or disability or whatever.

There are properties that do discriminate based on amount of income - where the tenants have to be below a certain income level, as was mentioned.

But, no, your tenants don't get a break because they're poor. You'll probably never get money out of them, but you can certainly sue them if they owe you money.