Reply to Re: Section Eight Tenant

Re: Section Eight Tenant (Score: 1) by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 @16:22

Word of advise: Be careful how you respond to someone who asks if you accept Section 8. In many states it's illegal to refuse to take an application or rent solely based on them being on Section 8. You also cannot post in your advertisements that you do not accept Section 8. That being said, if someone asks you, you can just simply say that the unit isn't approved for the Section 8 program. As a landlord , you are not required to join the program in most states.
Section 8 tenants are NOT excluded from the LL's screening process. You can refuse any section 8 applicant for any of the reasons that you would legally deny any non-section 8 applicant (poor reference, criminal record, history of damages , bad credit, etc)

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