[§368F-3]  Exemptions.  Section 368F-2 shall not apply to:

     (1)  Landlords who are determining in a commercially reasonable manner the ability of a potential tenant to pay rent by:

          (A)  Verifying the source and amount of income of the potential tenant; or

          (B)  Evaluating the stability, security, and creditworthiness of the potential tenant or any source of income of the potential tenant;

     (2)  Landlords with ownership of not more than four dwelling units in the State at the time of the alleged discriminatory rental transaction; provided that this paragraph shall not apply if an owner, whether individually or through a business entity, owns more than a ten per cent interest in more than four dwelling units in the State at the time of the alleged discriminatory rental transaction;

     (3)  Landlords in a case where a source of income is not approved within twenty-one days of a person's submission of a good faith request for tenancy approval, which shall include the inspection of a unit;

     (4)  The rental of any housing accommodation in a building that contains housing accommodations for not more than two families living independently of each other if the owner or lessor resides in one of the housing accommodations;

     (5)  The rental of a room or up to four rooms in a housing accommodation by an owner or lessor if the owner or lessor resides in the housing accommodation; and

     (6)  The rental of an affordable housing project subsidized by public funds or lands. [L 2022, c 310, pt of §2]