Re: Can we refuse Section 8 tenants? - Landlord Forum thread 343383

Re: Can we refuse Section 8 tenants? by Miguel Nieves (Pennsylvania) on March 3, 2016 @10:00

I bet you that many landlords that want to discriminate against people that benefit from Section 8 are the 1st ones to get government assistance. It could be in the form of the government refunding the money that they paid in interests to the bank or some kind of government credit (welfare). In the end, not paying for something is the same as getting money. They are just hypocrites.

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Re: Can we refuse Section 8 tenants? by anonymous (NJ) on March 28, 2016 @07:15	[ Reply ]

No. you have no basis for your argument. I accept section 8. I have found them to be the most troubling tenants. Broken cabinets, cigarette burns on vanity, counter tops. One tenant use the counter top for a cutting board. another refused to allow an exterminator to treat the apartment; totally unbelievable, breaking rules at will. The ratio section 8 tenant to those who pay their own (compliant to non-complaint to rules) is incredible. That is why landlord in protected states run credit and background checks, to weed out the (more often than not) problematic prone Section 8 tenant.

Re: Can we refuse Section 8 tenants? by Anonymous on April 22, 2016 @03:25	[ Reply ]

1- It sounds like you don't check your applicants 'rental' history, and I don't mean just the renter's last landlord. If the applicant is a problem tenant, obviously his current landlord will say anything to get him out of his unit. 2- Your comments make me think your place is a dump to begin with. Do you secure appropriate security deposits? Do you do a complete walk-through with each of your tenants with photos? "Problematic prone Section 8 tenant "? Be careful. You're skating on thin ice on the discrimination pond.