Legal Question in Employment Law in California

I have been interviewing with a non profit company over the past few weeks. Their HR sent me a bunch of paperwork to fill out and I completed it and sent it back. I was then called by the HR department last Thrusday and the person advised me that they would like to hire me but are having an issue with my credit history.

Giving you my background, I have been self employed in Real Estate for the past 9 years. In 2007 when the economy started to turn I found myself without renters in 2 of my homes and jobless. I lost 3 homes total that year and two of the lenders filed deficiency judgments against me. I have not received any unemployment and have been doing side jobs just to pay my cell phone bill. I also recently received a notice from a debt collector from one of my credit card companies saying they too had filed a personal judgment against me. I plan on filing chapter 7 once I'm back making a steady paycheck and can afford the legal fees.

My question to you is the company that has said they are interested in hiring me is a non profit group that works with distressed homeowners who have tried working with banks to restructure their loans but had no success. That being said, they should understand I too had been in the same boat as the clients they are working with and see past my last two to three years of bad credit because prior to that I had over 800 scores and owned 3 homes as a single woman.

Do I hold any rights to sue if they say they are unable to offer me the job based on my credit history after the fact they said they would like to move forward with the job?

Thank you in advance for the advice.

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