Do property managers have to tell you why they didn't approve you?

Question

We currently rent from these prop managers, have always paid on time, never had any problems, etc. Now that our lease is up and we're looking to move somewhere closer to town, we've applied to a lot of places through them and every time they've "decided to rent to someone else." I understand that this is just the way things work, but I'm starting to wonder if something is blatantly wrong with our application (we've asked, and they always say 'We will call you if we need anything') or if they just don't want to rent to us because we're young students, or if they've lost our application (whenever we call to apply to a new one they always say, "It's on my managers desk" or "I can't seem to find it right now, but I'm sure that it is here...", I hear them say this to everyone though.) or aren't processing it right (they seem pretty disorganized this summer).

So, do they have to give us a reason that they chose someone else over us?

Okay, but then how do you know if you were discriminated against or not?

I don't necessarily think I was (at least based on the current fair housing act), but I'm just curious how anyone can prove discrimination when they're not even required to tell you why.

Answer 1

No, they do not have to give you a reason. A landlord is only prohibited from using discriminatory practices in selecting tenants. Assume he has five roughly equal applications from which to choose. He can pick the one of his own choice and tell the others that they were not selected.

Answer 2

people can refuse you for a million reasons, not enough income, bad credit, no rental references, no guarontor, etc. see there are many reasons why youa re getting approved, u should ask and see why they didnt approve u !