Asking for my kids names, ages on rental contract?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yea it is legal for the owner of a house to know the names and birth dates of the adults living in it. For background checks, credit checks, occupancy limits, etc.

No, it is not. Sharing the name violtes fair housing. The LL can know the credit score and income verification but they can not know the names.

Please provide a citation to the statute, regulation, or case law that supports your claim. I’m not aware of any law that prohibits the landlord knowing the names of the adult occupants of their property. In fact, a failure to know the identities of the occupants may lead to other violations of law, where they should have known who they were renting to.

[Anonymous]

I've been a landlord for 20+ years in both MD and VA and I and ask for the names of all occupants in the house on the rental contract. No one has ever had an issue with this and we've rented to many families with kids under 18.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yea it is legal for the owner of a house to know the names and birth dates of the adults living in it. For background checks, credit checks, occupancy limits, etc.

No, it is not. Sharing the name violtes fair housing. The LL can know the credit score and income verification but they can not know the names.

Do you hear how stupid you sound? How would this even be possible?

Please share where your equally intelligent husband found this information.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since WHEN is it ok for a rental contract to ask for the names, ages of every person over the age of 18 living at a rental unit ????

One of our children is 18 and husband says this is a breach of privacy.

Real estate lawyers- is this legal??

Go tell your husband to do some research.

He already did his own research.

You forgot the quotation marks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All adults living in a property go on the lease

That is false. There are lease holders and there are occupants. The latter is not the former.

They are at the property I rent. If you are over 18 and/or out of high school, I'm checking your credit and putting you on the lease. Full stop. DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yell "Constitutional Citizen" 3 times

OMG. I laughed so hard at this.

-- gov lawyer who has had to deal with this kind of thing far too much ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yea it is legal for the owner of a house to know the names and birth dates of the adults living in it. For background checks, credit checks, occupancy limits, etc.

No, it is not. Sharing the name violtes fair housing. The LL can know the credit score and income verification but they can not know the names.

How on earth do you think we run the credit check and verify the income? How would one do that without a name? Maybe you could run the credit check with just a social, but when I verify income on a tenant I definitely need to know the name.

[Anonymous]

Are your children hiding from the world and living in the attic?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since WHEN is it ok for a rental contract to ask for the names, ages of every person over the age of 18 living at a rental unit ????

One of our children is 18 and husband says this is a breach of privacy.

Real estate lawyers- is this legal??

Go tell your husband to do some research.

He already did his own research.

But her emails.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yea it is legal for the owner of a house to know the names and birth dates of the adults living in it. For background checks, credit checks, occupancy limits, etc.

No, it is not. Sharing the name violtes fair housing. The LL can know the credit score and income verification but they can not know the names.

I’m a lawyer who’s been working with HUD for over 25 years. You are incorrect, and I’m thinking you’re a troll because your claim is so ridiculous.

Provide the federal code citation and case law to back up your nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since WHEN is it ok for a rental contract to ask for the names, ages of every person over the age of 18 living at a rental unit ????

One of our children is 18 and husband says this is a breach of privacy.

Real estate lawyers- is this legal??

Go tell your husband to do some research.

He already did his own research.

Just like people “do their own research” on vaccine conspiracies it sounds like, lol

Exactly. Watching a YouTube video or asking your attorney friend who is a member of the California bar about a property in Virginia does not make you an expert. It just give you false or irrelevant information.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yea it is legal for the owner of a house to know the names and birth dates of the adults living in it. For background checks, credit checks, occupancy limits, etc.

No, it is not. Sharing the name violtes fair housing. The LL can know the credit score and income verification but they can not know the names.

I’m a lawyer who’s been working with HUD for over 25 years. You are incorrect, and I’m thinking you’re a troll because your claim is so ridiculous.

Provide the federal code citation and case law to back up your nonsense.

Just ignore OP. They are a Google user, not a real expert.

[Anonymous]

It would be completely stupid for a landlord to (1) rent to someone not knowing exactly who is living in the property and (2) allow anyone over 18 to live in the property with a low credit score and/or no source of independent income (which could income a guarantor). Renting property is an enormous trust fall that can only be taken after all manner of checks legally available have been done.

OP, I hope you are kidding / yanking our chain.

[Anonymous]

PP meant to say (which could INCLUDE a guarantor)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yea it is legal for the owner of a house to know the names and birth dates of the adults living in it. For background checks, credit checks, occupancy limits, etc.

No, it is not. Sharing the name violtes fair housing. The LL can know the credit score and income verification but they can not know the names.

What? This isn’t universally true. I’ve been a landlord and worked a company at times.

Yes it is true. Try decling an app from a Gonzalez family that knows how the law works and get back to us. They'll own the house before they are done with you.