def filter_properties(person, PERSON_PROPERTIES):
    """
    Extract specific properties of the given person into a new dictionary.

    Parameters:
        person (dict): the dictionary containing properties of a person.
        PERSON_PROPERTIES (tupl): a tuple containing the characteristics of a person

    Returns:
        record (dict): a dictionary containing filtered key-value pairs
        of characteristics of the person.
    """

    record = {}

    for key, val in person.items():
        if key in PERSON_PROPERTIES:
            record[key] = val

    return record