LANDLORDS HAVE MANY GOOD REASONS TO BE FUSSY TWO STAR Edition

• Published in: Pittsburgh post-gazette (Pittsburgh, Pa. 1978)
• Main Author: NEAL GENDLER, MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL STAR TRIBUNE
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pittsburgh, Pa Pittsburgh Post - Gazette 31.01.1999
• ISSN: 1068-624X

Yes, industry sources say, but landlords have good reason to be fussy about whose money they accept, though the head of a renter- advocate group argues that some landlord protections may go too far. "Most owners do screen their tenants to protect the other tenants in their buildings and to protect themselves," said Mary Rippe, president of the Minnesota Multi Housing Association. Owners screen tenants for ability to pay, criminal background, history with other landlords and neighborliness, among other things, Rippe said. Carol Buche, owner of Tenant Check, a company that provides such screening, said, "Housing is the most expensive thing you pay for in your life, whether you buy it or rent it. "Public housing {agencies are} screening very carefully now . . . so there is an undesirable element that is being pushed into the private market."