I’d use the caveat (for your own protection) that you’d want to record video either locally or to your own server. Meaning if there’s something incriminating or uncomfortable for you (say evidence of code issues), you can pull a Hillary.
Racial discrimination in housing cases are few and far between, and rarely involve smaller landlords. Much more common are disability suits against landlords.
The critiria I have are simple. No race involved.
No criminal record
No eviction
Verifiable income by employer via business fax or phone. Copy of paystub not good enough
Move in at beginning of month. No desperate immediate move-in[/quote]
[quote=flyer] In your case, getting the HOA on board is key.[/quote]
This can be a huge time expense and also doesn’t give you much power – your vote is only 1 out of 5 and when the rest of the board is filled with kooks with agendas, then you could be screwed no matter what.
Worse yet, no one will remember who voted in which direction, so your name will be associated with any zany path the board heads.
HUD is right about arrest records — arrest =/= conviction. IMHO, arrest records shouldn’t even be public unless there’s a conviction, since it’s up to the courts to mete out punishment, not the police. (And encouraging discrimination in employment or housing is punishment, like it or not.)
As far as criminal records, it depends. I’d not rent to a violent criminal or to a thief. But if someone was caught smoking pot or got in trouble for being rude to some blowhard of a cop, I wouldn’t care at all. I’d definitely like to know the whole story before judging anyone.
