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OFFICE:
(773) 761-3300 • FAX:
(773) 465-7733
7601 North Eastlake Chicago, IL 60626
Tenant Screening Policy
effective since
January 1, 1996
Lee Street Management (LSM) will apply tenant-screening standards that are
objective, business related, consistent, fair and reasonable. Lee Street
Management will follow all Federal, State and Local laws and ordinances with
regard to Equal Opportunity, Equal Credit and Fair Housing, etc. Owners,
staff and employees of Lee Street Management or its agents, must adhere to
the following guidelines and procedures:
- All potential applicants may personally view at least one available
apartment that is consistent with their self-described needs or desires.
Lee Street Management specifically states herein that it does not provide
"tours" of its properties for the general purpose of "letting
applicants get a look" at what apartments we may or may not have
available.
- The applicant may then unilaterally elect to complete one or more of
our apartment application forms. It
is our specific policy to presume any applicant who desires an application
form for an apartment will ask us for same. We maintain a public forms-rack
inside of the applicant/reception area of our offices that makes our application
form highly visible and immediately available to any person(s) who may
chose to take one. Any failure on our part to verbally or consistently
offer an application form to any applicant shall not in any manner be
construed as an intentional or unintentional violation of any person(s)
protected rights.
- Each adult who will live in an apartment, regardless of age, disability,
ancestry, sexual orientation, military discharge status, source
of income, race, religion, color, nationality, national
origin, marital status, familial status or any other protected status,
must complete a separate formal application and pay a separate application
fee. There are no exceptions to this rule.
- Each adult applicant described above must pay a separate, nonrefundable
$25 application fee.
- We will order an independently prepared credit report for each adult
applicant. We cannot accept or review any tenant-provided credit reports.
- When the application, the credit
report, various tenant-supplied documents
and all other necessary materials are assembled, they will be reviewed
by our leasing agent.
- The prospective tenant review shall include an evaluation of credit
history and performance, former landlord references, if any, employment
references, if any, verification of income, if any, photo ID's and other
relevant documents presented by
the applicant.
- An applicant for residency in a Lee Street Management apartment shall
be automatically rejected under any of the following circumstances
or conditions:
- The applicant has been a party in any eviction action or other
landlord/tenant litigation, without regard to final disposition of
that action
- The applicant has a significant history of late payment(s)
or nonpayment to any creditor or landlord
- The applicant has a criminal history (official or otherwise)
of any nature whatsoever that, in our sole judgment, may create a
present or future threat to the safety or welfare of our residents,
employees or neighbors
- The discovery of any inconsistency or falsehood of any nature
whatsoever, whether material or immaterial, whether intentional or
unintentional, whether known or unknown, whether verbal or written,
during the application process. Please note that such a discovery,
made at any time before or during a tenancy, will absolutely subject
an applicant or resident to eviction. Such an eviction action, if
made within a reasonable time after the discovery of the inconsistency
or falsehood, shall be based entirely upon this condition, without
regard to the behavior of the resident subsequent to the making of
the inconsistency or the falsehood. This particular category of offense
is regarded as unacceptable by the owners of this management company
- Any unfavorable reference from an employer, landlord or other
source that, in our sole judgment, may expose Lee Street Management
or its residents to an unreasonable business, financial, safety, security
or other risk
- Any reason whatsoever, on the part of Lee Street Management,
to believe that the present applicant(s) may be attempting to rent
an apartment for the benefit of themselves, having been previously
rejected, or for the benefit of another applicant, having been previously
rejected, or for the additional benefit of unknown or additional persons(s)
other than those expressly identified on the application(s)
- Any rude, inappropriate, vulgar or threatening behavior or
implication whatsoever, including offensive language, by any applicant
toward any Lee Street Management personnel or resident
- Applicant is an illegal alien or other person (as defined by the
United States Department of Immigration and Naturalization) not legally
qualified for permanent or temporary residency in the United
States of America
- Any demand for an improvement to any available apartment or
common area that is above or beyond improvements required by City
Ordinances or Building Codes, which in our sole judgment, is unreasonable
or unacceptable
- An unfavorable physical inspection of the applicant's present
residence, evaluated strictly and only as it may relate to the healthfulness,
cleanliness, safety or security of the applicant(s) or as it may affect
any current resident or employee
- All other circumstances
being equal, qualified applicants will generally be awarded an available
apartment on a strictly first
come, first served basis, with the tendering of a certified security
deposit and the signing
of a lease defining "first come." However,
where
we believe additional applicants may come forward, thus generating a more
competitive and financially beneficial rental opportunity for Lee Street
Management, we will reserve the right to market an apartment for an additional,
indefinite period of time, without regard to the existence of one or more
other ready, willing or qualified applicants. At no time shall the overt
or continuing act(s) of marketing an occupied or vacant apartment, or
accepting an application(s) for same, be construed as an irrevocable offer,
commitment or obligation to create a lease for or give possession of that
apartment to any person or entity.
- Lee
Street Management reserves the absolute right to neither expressly accept
or deny any application for any apartment and shall have no duty whatsoever
to provide explanation for any such inaction. All applicants shall have
the irrevocable right to a full and immediate refund of their application
fee upon written demand, if such demand is made within 14 days of the
date of the original application. Lee Street Management shall retain the
unilateral right to refund any application fee to any applicant for any
reason whatsoever, without recourse or explanation.
- Lee
Street Management shall retain the absolute and irrevocable right to take
or to keep unoccupied possession of any or all marketed or unmarketed
apartment(s), without explanation. Such rights and privileges of possession
are vested by land title and shall not be subordinate to, or interpreted
as a violation of, any right(s) whatsoever of any non-titled person, party,
entity or agency.
- Lee Street Management shall not be bound in any way whatsoever, to reveal
the existence of any vacant, or imminently vacant apartment, to any inquiring
applicant or party whomsoever, where it does not have the intention to
immediately market or lease that apartment. This event may occur for example,
where Lee Street Management deems the apartment in need of repair or otherwise
unsuitable for immediate rental.
- Lee Street Management shall be bound by any and all Federal, State and
Local laws, regulation and ordinances governing Landlord and Tenant legal
or contractual relationships only for any portion of any property where
such a Landlord and Tenant relationship shall specifically exist. Lee
Street Management expressly states herein, that no such Landlord and Tenant
relationship shall exist with regard to any vacant portion (apartment
or other non-common area) of any property owned or managed by Lee Street
Management, that such areas shall be regarded as private and personal
real estate holdings and that no Federal, State or Local laws, regulations
or ordinances governing Landlord and Tenant relationships shall apply.
- All adults who desire to share a single apartment, must each qualify
and co-sign a single lease.
- Lee Street Management reserves the right to negotiate with a prospective
tenant, in good faith, for a security deposit of any dollar amount allowed
by law. The purpose of, and motivation for any security deposit negotiation,
shall be strictly interpreted as a measure of, and an offset to, the landlords
perceived business risk associated with the creation of a lease. Lee Street
Management reserves the right to reject an applicant who presents a perceived
business risk requiring a deposit greater than what may be permitted by any local ordinance.
- Under no circumstance shall an applicant(s) receive final approval
for an apartment or a lease from any person(s) other than Michael or Victoria
Lee. No employee or other person whomsoever, shall have the authority
to make any binding commitment, lease or contract for Lee Street Management
or for any Lee Street Management property. All apartment lease
awards shall be granted by Michael or Victoria Lee only.
- Lee Street Management cannot nor would not, prevent any person(s) from
acquiring or submitting a LSM apartment application. Our rental applications
are available at all times, either at our business office, or online at
http://www.leestreet/application/index.php.
Lee Street Management will never refuse to accept, or consider in good
faith, any application tendered by any person(s). Under no circumstances,
shall any prospective applicant(s), who may inquire about, or view any
LSM apartment(s), either legitimately or under a false pretense, claim
a violation of any protected right against Lee Street Management for its
"failure to rent," where an application or rental contract was
not tendered to Lee Street Management by the prospective applicant(s).
- This policy shall apply equally to any and all protected or unprotected
classes of applicant(s).
- This written Screening Policy has been used by Lee Street Management,
consistently and without change, since January 1, 1996.
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