Question

[lady_karelia]

I know there are a lot of clever people on my f-list, and a lot of you are here in the US. My question is: Can something be done when someone refuses to rent out an apartment on the basis that one family member does not have a social security number? I'm raging right now, as this kind of stance puts me on the same level as illegal immigrants. Now, we're neither here illegally nor are we immigrants. And seriously, do they expect the holder of a professional work visa with a gazillion qualification to sleep in the park under the tree???

Comments

[alabastard.livejournal.com]

I can't speak on the legal particulars, but I would think something could be done, have you consulted a lawyer?

I know foreign students don't seem to have any trouble renting, we've had a few as tenants with no issues at all.

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

Yes, I filed a query with a lawyer's website, and hubby phoned the lawyer of his employer to see if that's legal at all. I hear ya on the foreign students, and we've never had an issue with me not having an SSN.

I do have a suspicion that the area we want to move to is kind of racist: the first apartment complex we applied to because a friend lives there, turned out to be unbelievably incompetent despite really good feedback on various sites and from other people living there. Now is the issue with me not having an SSN. It's positively weird and something doesn't ring quite right...

[alabastard.livejournal.com]

The whole thing rather stinks, yes, I'd look elsewhere.