I'm going to play devil's advocate here for a second, and say that if these are the rules that the Housing Association operates under then they have a right to ask these questions. I can remember a number of years ago applying to a shared ownership scheme run by a London housing association. The main criteria for applications was that you had earn under a certain salary, be a certain age, not have previously owned a property, not have capital in excess of £x, but have sufficient money to put down a deposit. If you couldn't tick each of those boxes, then your application would not be approved. If this particular Association's policy is to not house convicted criminals etc., then don't they have a right to ask people to prove that they meet their selection criteria?
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Yes - but that is my dilema - I am concerned as the form then goes on to state that they may ask the Police and all other authorities for information and if they sign they have their consent...that's why I am not sure this form is totally legal as they can obtain the information anyway. Also, if they then find there are convictions etc. does this mean they will then be discriminated against and thus wondered if other areas of law came into this?
D
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Sent: 26 May 2004 14:00
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With the exception of the one about recently leaving a children's home, who is going to answer "yes" to any of these questions?
Tony
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Sent: 26 May 2004 12:02
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Sorry - have just noticed but they are also asking future tenants to state that :
1. They have no history of ASB and no action pending by Police, prosecution authority etc.
2. They have no history of illegal drug supply or use and no convictions in relation thereto (what about prostitution, alcoholics etc - they forgot about them I think)
3. They have not recently left a children's home, prison or other institution
This seems totally discriminatory to me and too much information. Is there something in Housing Law whch states that you can do all of these things?
To me, this is not only DP but Human Rights and probably much more.................help?
D
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