Articles — convictions

Life Just Got Harder for Landlords: A Review of HUD's Guidance on Criminal Records

Posted by Stephen Marshall on

Life Just Got Harder for Landlords: A Review of HUD's Guidance on Criminal Records

Katie is the property manager for a new 300-unit luxury apartment complex. During the construction phase, Katie worked with the property owners to develop a Resident Selection Policy (RSP) that would ensure that only top-notch tenants would be approved as residents. As a result, the RSP prohibited any residents who had been arrested for or charged with committing a crime from being approved. Johnny Football's Application As luck would have it, Katie was floored to receive an application one day from a Jonathan Paul Manziel. Katie had family in Texas and is a huge football fan, so this application caught...

Read more →