New California Landlord Rules
Posted on January 30th, 2008 by MoverMike
Don Melson of
Searchlight Crusade informs us that California has passed Assembly Bill 976 which prohibits a landlord from asking if the prospective renter is an illegal alien.
No landlord or any agent of the landlord shall do any of the following: (1) Make any inquiry regarding or based on the immigration or citizenship status of a tenant, prospective tenant, occupant, or prospective occupant of residential rental property.
How can a landlord protect himself from an illegal immigrant who loses his job and is unable to pay the rent because he was caught being an illegal immigrant?
This makes perfect sense; employers are required to ask or face fines while landlords are fined for asking. Yup, only in America…
The same ways a landlord protects against anyone losing a job for any other reason.