Vetting Felons, Drug Addicts, Sex Offenders and Poor Credit/No Credit

[Logan M.]

It is inevitable that when you are in the MHP/Affordable Housing space you will have applicants who are Felons, Drug Addicts, Sex Offenders and have poor credit.

Here is how I handle each of them:

Felonies: It depends on the felony but we don't allow any felon that had the crime occur within the last 2+ years and I am very careful about this.

Drugs: I try to be compassionate but I have found that any recent drug offenses lead to a lot of bad behavior. I won't go into details but I have tried to work with many tenants with drug issues and have yet to not have it hit me with a huge financial hit.

Sex Offenders: Nope, I have a policy for No Sex Offenders. No exceptions.

Poor Credit/No Credit: This depends but we will do double the deposit or pre-paid rent etc.

I know every state is different but we find that if we make sure the tenants getting into our parks have a good history the park runs a lot better.

[Bruce Woodruff]

I would not rent to any Felon that had a serious or violent felony conviction...., sure,  some felonies are less troublesome but I would draw the line