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SLEEyawnPY t1_je6rakz wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Unfair housing practices, need advice. by billiepw

>it needs to be impeccable along with equally impeccable employment history and landlord references.

IDK how old the joke is that goes something like "if landlords only had other landlords to pick from as customers then they'd have no available customers" is but it must be pretty old..

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mehkindaok t1_je6tfsn wrote

Given the current housing shortages caused by rampant NIMBYism and downright idiotic housing policies which make new construction incredibly expensive landlords get to be very picky when choosing tenants - why take a risk on a single mother with spotty employment history who is quite likely to fall behind on rent when there's 10 well-paid professionals with no kids and perfect credit score fighting over a pen to sign the lease?

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SLEEyawnPY t1_je72r52 wrote

>why take a risk on a single mother with spotty employment history who is quite likely to fall behind on rent

Yes, it seems unlikely that a market-rate rental in Brookline(!!) is what's being discussed, if all that's true and yet this particular firm had already been working with OP for a month, regardless. "Spotty employment history" but they get denied on their credit so their single-mom income is fine, I guess? for a market-rate rental in Brookline? ????

But if it's not market rate situation then where all the "well-paid professionals" fit in to the story is anyone's guess. Maybe they are a product of your imagination.

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