All Forum Posts by: Ihe O.

 Er no nothing to do with your education, I'm not responsible for that.

Finally as in you finally acknowledge that something could be discriminatory when presented with an example of which you would be the "intended victim".

 Finally. But it took an example of which you would have been a victim to get that acknowledgement. Yes it is discriminatory.

The thing about discrimination is that the victim has to care, care enough to take action by reporting it. Maybe it is so rife because many Americans may not want to live in such accommodations anyway.

That is between you are your conscience but to be honest there was alot more ignorant tripping going on there.

BTW it is a much more subtle way of ensuring that you don't get an American applicant than advertising for a tenant in Spanish, Urdu or Polish, but what would you know about that.

If I wanted to discriminate against US citizens that is exactly what I would do and I would justify with  the same arguments that people use to justify discriminating against Blacks, Latino's, immigrants and anybody else that they don't rent to. 

That it's a consistent and universally applied criteria, no exceptions.

But hey don't let the fact that you have probably never been discriminated against in your life stop you from continuing to  show how much difficulty you have comprehending or accepting  such a relatively straightforward concept.

As to why that is is between you and your conscience.

I am going to use your logic to show you why you don't know what you are talking about.

Let's say I am a landlord who is concerned about fake SSN's due to identity theft.  I want something more reliable than an SSN, so let's   substitute the word passport for SSN in your post . 

Ready ..... Here we go.

A landlord is legally within their right to ask for an applicants passport 

An applicant is legally within their rights to refuse to provide their passport.

A landlord is legally within their rights to reject an applicant that does not provide their passport.

Policy is applied universally without exception. Where's the problem.

The problem is that 46% of US citizens don't have a passport .... which makes that policy indirectly discriminatory .... go ask an attorney next time.

I never ever decline a partial payment. Doing so increases the tenants ability to stiff you and put the money down as deposit on her next place.

If she stays then I got the money earlier and if she gets evicted then i have gotten money that she otherwise wouldn't have paid.

 If that's your job then you need a better grasp of what discrimination is.

Search what database. You're just a landlord, you're not the FBI.

Landlords don't have any more right to an SSN than anybody else least of all the government agencies. 

The legitimate interest a landlord can have is in your ability to pay rent. If an applicant can satisfactorily show an ability to pay rent without showing you his SSN then the landlords continued interest in the SSN is not legitimate.

Background checks that are not financially oriented do not require SSN. They have given you their name and probably their DOB. That's all you need.

As to your link - my advice is not to put yourself in a position where you need to have an attorney to argue that in the first place.

 You've read it topsy-turvy.

I did not say that you are forbidden as a landlord. I am saying you don't have the right to demand it.