Re: No co-signer policy - Landlord Forum thread 353848

Re: No co-signer policy by LL (VA) on August 15, 2017 @08:54

What does this paragraph mean?

https://www.youcheckcredit.com/blog/2014/03/should-the-landlord-add-the-co-signer-to-the-tenants-lease-agreement/

However, there is one situation when landlords must consider cosigners under federal fair housing law. This is when an otherwise suitable disabled applicant having insufficient income to qualify on his/her own requests the use of a cosigner who is willing to pay the rent if needed. In this case, so long as the proposed cosigner is solvent and stable, federal law requires landlords to accept the applicant regardless of the landlord’s policy regarding cosigner qualifications

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Re: No co-signer policy by Anonymous on August 16, 2017 @10:40	[ Reply ]

It means that if the disabled applicant makes a request for a "reasonable accommodation" and request that the landlord accept a cosigner, then as long as the cosinger is solvent and stable, the landlord must accept the consigner regardless of the landlords no cosigner policy. Reasonable accommodations fall under the fair housing act.