Fair Housing
A Mississippi landlord discovers a tenant has multiple overnight guests regularly. The landlord wants to evict for 'nuisance.' Before proceeding, the landlord should confirm that:
AThe guests' presence alone is sufficient grounds for eviction
BThe guests are actually causing nuisance behavior (noise, disturbances) that violates the lease — and that the policy is not being used as pretext for discriminatory enforcement✓ Correct
CThe guest limit was specified in the lease
DThe tenant gave 30 days' notice of their guests
Explanation
Evicting a tenant for having guests could be pretextual discrimination if targeted at tenants of a protected class. The landlord must have a genuine lease violation (actual nuisance, exceeding occupancy limits per lease) and must apply policies consistently to all tenants.
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