Black lists of tenants — how to avoid them and what to do if caught?

Carol Engle thundered in the Newspapers because of his court with a landlord in new York was again the hero discussion forums. In 2012, she won with a friend of the court against a landlord for sexual harassment domoupravliaiushchii. This can happen to anyone — male molested her, threatening to evict. But the girl stood up for himself and the court took her side.

Black lists of tenants — how to avoid them and what to do if caught?Black lists of tenants — how to avoid them and what to do if caught?flickr.com/Russ Allison Loar/CC

Now her friend posted a scary story about what happened with Carol and later became the subject of media interest. All these years she can’t rent an apartment. She had to leave new York, but in other US cities the same result. Turns out she’s in the black list of landlords, and this, unfortunately, can also happen to anyone.

What is black list?

Black lists are compiled on the databases of the courts and to get all the tenants who had judicial proceedings with landlords. The lists did not specify the subject of the reviewed case, there is even information on someone who is sued and who won. Only the fact of the court. But it is enough that the landlord did not want to take such a person housing. These lists a huge number of people with a similar problem.

Black lists of tenants — how to avoid them and what to do if caught?Black lists of tenants — how to avoid them and what to do if caught?Dmitry Stasyuk
Real Estate Broker Associate at Evans Real Estate

Confirms the existence of such lists and expert on the new York real estate of Evans Real Estate Dmitry Stasiuk: «apartment Owners and companies that rent them out, trying to minimize their financial risks. In the process of checking the potential tenant they may use different tools. One of the most simple credit history verification. There are also other ways, one of which is checking the black lists. The list includes tenants that have participated in judicial proceedings against the owners of flats as the applicant or as a defendant. Getting into such list may greatly complicate the search of an apartment in the future.»

Sorry, somehow taken off the list almost impossible. If you encounter a dispute with the landlord it is impossible to persuade him not to make the list — the document adds not a homeowner, and companies such as CoreLogic , TransUnion or On-Site — without going into details and communicating with the defendants in the cases. Therefore, it is better in these lists do not get at all.

 

How not to get blacklisted and what to do if caught?

Dmitry Stasyuk shared with us some tips:

«The answer to the question how not to get into such a list is quite simple — solve all the issues with the landlord through negotiation and not through court. If you still got such a blacklist, it is useful to know that not all owners are checking potential tenants on these lists. This tool is basically used by large company. Accordingly search for apartments among small and medium-sized owners».

Small homeowners it is theoretically possible to explain something to the forum sometimes suggest themselves in the negotiations with the potential landlord to talk about their trial, if it doesn’t say about you as a bad tenant. When you are dealing with a specific person, not a company, you can understand and sympathize. Other advisers on the forums suggest to remove from friends or through social networks.

Bills are about bringing order to a black list of tenants regularly entered to the City Council of new York, however, these ideas have not yet even passed the stage of approval of the relevant Committee. A city Council member Ben Kallos, author of one of these bills, says that the existence of black lists severely limits the rights of tenants to defend their interests in court, and landlords it does not provide exhaustive and reliable information, which they would have actually helped to avoid a relationship with not law-abiding tenants.

 

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