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Updated 12 months ago,

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Art Maydan
  • Chicago, IL
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Tester Callers for Catholic Charities Program?

Art Maydan
  • Chicago, IL
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I know the city does test calls to landlords and PMs asking if they take Section 8 and you've gotta say the right thing. I've been getting lots of leads from South American refugees asking if we work with the Catholic Charities Program and a few others. They offer to pay 3-6 months of rent for someone with presumably no credit history and no way of paying the rent after that time elapses. I've gotten a couple of calls now from ladies saying they are calling from the Catholic Charities asking about our apartments. Are there reps over there looking for housing for these people? Or is this the government trying to catch you on discrimination based on source of income? Assuming someone under one of these programs did qualify on credit, are we allowed to deny them because the income is temporary? If someone applied and qualified, but told me he's going to get fired in two months, would I be allowed to deny him? Same thing, right?

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