But, I'm going to disagree about the fact that landlords shouldn't be allowed to try to rent to people they believe will their business easier and smoother to run.Not being able to communicate with your tenants poses safety risks in some situations (for example, I had a tenant call me a couple weeks ago to tell me that the powerline in the back yard was sparking -- that isn't something I would have wanted them to wait until they had an interpreter for), it makes it more difficult to keep the business profitable (for example, if a lease allows for showings and the landlord can't schedule those showings efficiently) and can make it much more difficult and expensive for a landlord to enforce rights should the tenants not uphold their responsibilities (I assume the eviction process would be more complicated and costly, especially if the tenants are afforded extra rights through the judicial system).My issue here has nothing to do with the tenant, the tenant's heritage or ethnicity or anything else related to the tenant's background. 

Whenever a surety or guaranty arrangement are entered into, they spark other laws such as the UCC and common law principles of surety.

The issue with students in general is that there is very little in terms of meaningful traditional checks you can do.

Hope this helps and feel free to reach out to me if any of these points spark your interest!

I have dealt with these types of situations and only 2/8 times (real numbers) did it result in any meaningful rent.

They are really working in the noise of the issue not doing anything meaningful other than hurting tenants if anyone.Before all this came up I'm not sure how many landlords actually knew about the exceptions. 

Even in our 2-4 unit properties, moving to en-suite laundry using energy and water efficient front-load machines has not seen a meaningful increase in our water bill.  

When a tenant doesn't instinctively do the right thing, then they may need to be taught, with clear guidelines and meaningful consequences.

They aren't about to pay repairs.As I said, nice idea but never under estimate how daft a tenant can be.The tenant described the flashes of sparks across the kitchen if they get it just wrong.

That's never ok because you'll screen differently based on what data you have, inconsistent screening disproportionately affects several protected classes.In order to meaningfully approve and contract with this family you'd have to be prepared to accept his incomplete application.