Can landlord refuse to rent to ex-convicts?

Question: We have several multifamily units with moderate turnover and we run a full credit check on everyone wishing to apply. Sometimes we get applicants where their income and basic credit info is marginal, but they do meet our minimum economic rental criteria so we go ahead and rent to them. We are now seeing that some of these applicants that meet our minimum requirements also have served time for convictions for violent crime, drugs or something pretty serious.

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