Fair Housing and How we Evaluate Applications

RDI Properties manages properties owned by our two principles. These properties are held under two different legal entities: 

  • Markstahler Properties
  • J2M2, LLC 

You will be signing a lease with one of the above two, not RDI.

Please note we ban the use of all kinds of tobacco, smoke or vapor using/creating devices that contain nicotine from our properties. If you are a hardcore smoker or vaper please keep this in mind when considering to apply for a rental.


Pets must be approved prior to signing a lease.

Here at RDI Properties we use the following criteria when evaluating applications:

  1. Total number of occupants (defined as the total of all adults and children) for any unit may not exceed two times the number of bedrooms. This can be in any number of combinations as long as it keeps to the requirements listed below.
  2. Definition of an adult shall be 18 years of age or older during any portion of the lease term.
  3. Definition of child shall be by the end date of the lease the individual will be under the age of 18.
  4. Definition of an infant shall be newborn to 18 months still sleeping in a crib or similar
  5. For all of the below limits on per person(s) per bedroom, the number of bedrooms, in any unit, is determined by what we state in advertisements and on this website, not by rooms tenants might wish to convert to a bedroom. All bedrooms must be a minimum of 100 square feet, have a functioning clothes closet, an egress window, and a closing door. Only the landlord has the right to designate a room as a bedroom.

o    ADULTS:

o    We restrict the total number of adults in any unit, of any type with three exceptions, to three adults. 

  1. One-bedroom units may never have more than two individuals, any combination of adult and child totally two is allowed.
  2. Three and four bedrooms may have up to four adults
  3. Any unit that has a total of habitable square feet of 2,000 or more may have four adults.

o    DEPENDENT CHILDREN: All children must be biologically related to lessee or officially adopted by lessee. We restrict the total number of children as follows: 

o  Infants may reside in a parent’s room.

o  Children, ten years of age and under, two per bedroom.

o  Children of the same gender only, eleven years of age or above, with the bedroom being a minimum of 120 square feet, two per bedroom.

o  In all other configurations one per bedroom.

 

2. We are firm on tenants not spending more than 33% of their confirmable NET monthly income on rent.

3. We reserve the right to decline your application based upon previous rent payment.

4. We reserve the right to decline your application based upon previous rent payment history reported to us by your previous landlords or other reputable sources.

5. We reserve the right to decline your application based upon previous issues with unit damage or lack of cleaning as reported to us by your previous landlords.

6. We reserve the right to decline your application based upon your credit history.

7. We reserve the right to decline your application if it is not fully filler out.

The Fair Housing Act (FHAct) is the federal law that grants fair housing protections and rights to renters and buyers, and it’s enforced by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

It protects your right to rent a place to live. These are protected classes, and as a landlord, we cannot use these as criteria to refuse to lease to anyone. These are:
  • Race
  • Color
  • Religion
  • Sex
  • National origin
  • Familial status
  • Physical or mental disability
We also, voluntarily, commit not to use to determine eligibility any of the following:
  • Citizenship
  • Age
  • Veteran or military status
  • Genetic information
  • Sexual orientation
  • Gender identity or expression

Section 8 Vouchers 

Illinois law, Public Act 102-0896, forbids landlords from discriminating against tenants with forms of income other than employment income. (for the full text of the statute see: https://ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=102-0896)


For more detailed information on this law see: 

https://www.illinoislegalaid.org/legal-information/source-income-protections-renters


The Section 8 Program(1) is administered by HUD (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ). As part of this federal program HUD establishes Fair Market Rents that they are will pay for various areas throughout the United States. The federal law does not require landlords to use these rents. However, to participate in the Section program these are the maximum rents allowed. 


If our rent is above the HUD limits and you are applying to us to rent one of our properties and are using a Section 8 vouchers, please first contact The Housing Authority of Champaign County (HACC) who administers the program locally for HUD to confirm that your section 8 voucher can be used for this rent amount.


The federal government’s fiscal year runs from the first day of October of one calendar year through the last day of September of the next. The U.S. Department of. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) being part of the federal government has the same fiscal year. Thus FY 2026 starts Oct. 1, 2025, and ends Sept. 30, 2026. (FY means fiscal year).


These are the maximum rents that the Housing Authority of Champaign County will approve for a voucher. Note HUD calculates rents based upon the number of bedrooms.



The FY 2026 Champaign-Urbana, IL HUD Metro FMR Area FMRs for All Bedroom Sizes -

Final FY 2026 FMR By Unit Bedrooms

Year One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom
FY 2026 FMR $941 $1,122 $1,436

(1)For detailed information on the Section 8 Program see: 

https://section8-information.org/section-8-history/

For further information: