Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

Re: I asked for gay roomie leaner

What's going on is that you cannot discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, so your ad for a gay roommate actually may be a HUD fair housing violation (in spite of Proposition 8, in California sexual orientation is a protected class of person). I'm not sure how aggressive I would be in confronting him on the issue. Instead, it appears he is on a month-to-month rental agreement (verbal). If he hasn't been there more than 12 months, give him a written 30 day notice to terminate his tenancy, and if he doesn't move at the end of 30 days, hire an attorney to file an unlawful detainer. The ad could get you into trouble as your eviction could appear to be retaliatory. Anytime you rent out rooms, you risk having some really interesting characters move in. If you are not willing to put up with some strange behavior, then you need to either rent only to people you know intimately, or don't rent out rooms.

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