Comments on: Minneapolis Encourages Duplex Tenants To Get Married http://duplexchick.com/2009/08/13/city-of-minneapolis-encourages-duplex-tenants-to-get-married/ What's hatching in Minneapolis duplex real estate Mon, 21 May 2012 13:32:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lou http://duplexchick.com/2009/08/13/city-of-minneapolis-encourages-duplex-tenants-to-get-married/comment-page-1/#comment-2969 Lou Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:47:19 +0000 http://duplexchick.com/?p=1026#comment-2969 This is interesting. It seems all of the units by the U of M are 3+ BRs and as a former student, I hardly knew anyone with less than 3 people in a rental unit. Is the city enforcing this strictly? Or are the landlords really adept at dodging detection? Btw, do you have link to this ordinance? This is interesting. It seems all of the units by the U of M are 3+ BRs and as a former student, I hardly knew anyone with less than 3 people in a rental unit. Is the city enforcing this strictly? Or are the landlords really adept at dodging detection?

Btw, do you have link to this ordinance?

]]> By: Kari Lundin http://duplexchick.com/2009/08/13/city-of-minneapolis-encourages-duplex-tenants-to-get-married/comment-page-1/#comment-2744 Kari Lundin Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:00:29 +0000 http://duplexchick.com/?p=1026#comment-2744 Hi Jacquie- Landlords aren't allowed to discriminate on the basis of marital status here, either. However, they city does restrict the number of unrelated people they can have in a unit. My guess is this is common in metorpolitan areas nationwide. I do know, however, that the means of arriving at a number vary. The city of St Paul, for example, bases their calculations on the number of square feet in a unit, which, to me anyway, makes a lot more sense than basing calculations simply on the way the property is zoned. Limiting the number of people in a duplex based on the number of bedrooms it has makes a lot more sense. Kari Hi Jacquie-
Landlords aren’t allowed to discriminate on the basis of marital status here, either. However, they city does restrict the number of unrelated people they can have in a unit.

My guess is this is common in metorpolitan areas nationwide. I do know, however, that the means of arriving at a number vary. The city of St Paul, for example, bases their calculations on the number of square feet in a unit, which, to me anyway, makes a lot more sense than basing calculations simply on the way the property is zoned. Limiting the number of people in a duplex based on the number of bedrooms it has makes a lot more sense.

Kari

]]> By: Jacquie Cliff - Lynnwood Real Estate Agent http://duplexchick.com/2009/08/13/city-of-minneapolis-encourages-duplex-tenants-to-get-married/comment-page-1/#comment-2740 Jacquie Cliff - Lynnwood Real Estate Agent Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:04:29 +0000 http://duplexchick.com/?p=1026#comment-2740 This sounds suspiciously like a great way to get sued for discrimination. It is Saturday, so I can't check on the official number of people allowed per unit in Washington state, but landlords are definitely not allowed to discriminate on the basis of marital status here. Limiting the number of people based on family/marital status sounds like trouble to me! This sounds suspiciously like a great way to get sued for discrimination. It is Saturday, so I can’t check on the official number of people allowed per unit in Washington state, but landlords are definitely not allowed to discriminate on the basis of marital status here. Limiting the number of people based on family/marital status sounds like trouble to me!

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