Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 and the amendments prohibit discrimination in any aspect relating to the sale, rental, finance, advertisement, and brokerage of housing based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status and physical and mental disability. Oregon law prohibits discrimination against individuals because of their marital status. Oregon law covers any real property for sale, rent, or lease.
Federal law covers any real property, and federally owned or financed housing.
The refusal to rent cannot be based on a protected class. All applicants must be given the same rental requirements and judged by the same standards. A. No, with one exception. Oregon law permits an owner to refuse to rent to unmarried, unrelated persons of the opposite sex if it would result in common use of bath or bedroom facilities. A. Proof of income can be required of interested applicants.