The purpose of our resident selection criteria is to inform you of our screening processes and guidelines when determining your eligibility.
It is our declared policy that all persons shall have an equal opportunity for housing regardless of gender, race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religion, national origin, marital status, family status, lawful source of income, age, ancestry, physical appearance, political beliefs, military discharge, gender/genetic identity, domestic partnership status, student status (unless allowed by program restrictions), receipt of rental assistance, citizenship status, mental & physical disability and being a victim of domestic abuse and other crimes.
Applications are accepted in the order in which they are received and may take up to 21 days to be fully processed. If you are denied for any reason, you have the right to reapply after 90 days or appeal the decision (instruction for which would be outlined in the letter of denial.)
I. Your application can be denied if one or more of the following pertain to you:
1. You provided false or misleading information on your application.
2. You do not meet our occupancy standards of no more than 2 persons per bedroom. (Children under 2 years of age may be excluded from this restriction.)
3. You do not meet income/program requirements for the Section 42 affordable housing program.
4. The Head of Household or co-head applicant(s) is not at least the age of 18.
5. You have a pending bankruptcy or a bankruptcy that has not been discharged.
6. Your conviction record presents a demonstrable risk to resident and employee safety and/or property. Arrest records, without a subsequent conviction will not be considered. If any of the following apply to you, your application may be denied:
a) If you have ever been convicted of manufacturing or distributing a controlled substance as defined in Sec. 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, then your application will be denied.
b) Registry on the Sex Offenders Registry will be a basis for the denial of your application. NOTE: Discretion will be given for certain offenses and misdemeanors where reporting is not automatically required.
c) If you have been convicted of any other crime that shows a demonstrable risk to tenant safety and/or property within the past 10 years, your application may be denied after consideration of the nature and severity of the crime and the amount of time that has passed since the criminal conduct occurred. Additional factors may also be considered on a case-by- case basis. Along with your application, you may provide any mitigating information or documentation that you would like to have considered regarding any prior conviction.
7. You have been evicted from an apartment within the past 2 years, are currently being evicted from an apartment, have a history of 2 or more evictions, currently owe another landlord money or have an unfavorable housing reference within the past 2 years.
II. Your application must also meet our combined criteria for credit, employment, and rental references.
1) CREDIT HISTORY: You must have no more than 3 accounts that have been reported to a collection agency, placed for collection in the past 2 years and the address on your credit report (current and past) must match that on the application.
2) RENTAL/MORTGAGE REFERENCES: You must have at least 2 years of a positive housing/mortgage reference within the past 3 years. NOTE: Family housing references are not accepted.
3) EMPLOYMENT / INCOME: You must be able to prove income or available cash assets are at least 1.5 times the amount of the proposed monthly rent (your portion). If employment is your prime income source, you must have at least 2 years of current employment history (does not have to be with the same employer). All legal sources of income will be used when calculating household income.
If you do not meet one of the above criteria, Landlord may offer other options such as cosigner, full month security deposit, etc. to cover the selection requirement deficiency.
If you do not meet 2 or more of the above criteria, your application will be automatically denied.
I agree that I have read the above-mentioned Resident Selection Criteria and understand that the Landlord will be checking all references relative to income, credit, housing, and criminal conviction record and I give permission to the Landlord to make these inquiries. If denied tenancy, I may reapply after 90 days or request an appeal form which will allow me to start the appeal process. In the event my application is denied, and the decision is overturned because of an appeal, I understand that the apartment will not be held for me during the appeal process, and I will be placed on the waiting list if one exists.
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