Philouis Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 We applied for a rental property from an agency and was told that they do not rent to Brits as there would be difficulties with the paper work! Is this a disguised form of racialism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 It is illegal. You should go back and aks them again,having reminded them of this:http://www.alterites.com/cache/center_dossier/id_342.phpLet us know how you get on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riberac Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 I think they mean problems with paper work because you usually need contract from employer(we were told they did not except uk employer),tax returns for 3 years if landlord takes out insurance to cover non payment of rent,reference from previous landlord (french) etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 I'm quite sure that's the case, but they should be told to explain what prospective tenants are expected to provide, rather than say 'We don't rent to British people because...'I doubt they would say 'We don't rent to Maroccans because...' or "We don't rent to Senegalese because..." quite as openly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmytaktak Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 What is the name of that agency, please ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 [quote user="jimmytaktak"]What is the name of that agency, please ?[/quote]As per the forum Code of Conduct, there is to be no 'namingand shaming' on the site. If you have any complaints about particularindividuals/companies then contact the relevant parties or authorities.Forum Moderators Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 It is illegal.There is an article in today's MidiLibre about a German man who won a case against an Agency who refused to let to him on the grounds that he didn't have a French ID cardhttp://www.midilibre.com/articles/2008/04/19/20080419-FRANCE-MONDE-Bail-refuse-agence-condamnee.php5Post edited by a moderator to replace article text with a link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chessfou Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 The link goes nowhere useful (just a home page for France Info for today - Sun 20).How about a few more clues as to whereabouts in the site the article might be found. I tried looking under justice/politique/société/France and one or two others with no success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 [quote user="chessfou"]The link goes nowhere useful (just a home page for France Info for today - Sun 20).How about a few more clues as to whereabouts in the site the article might be found. I tried looking under justice/politique/société/France and one or two others with no success.[/quote]I believe this is the articles NormanH refers to:http://www.midilibre.com/articles/2008/04/19/20080419-FRANCE-MONDE-Bail-refuse-agence-condamnee.php5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chessfou Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Thanks, yes that works (and should continue to work since it points to an archive page). The trouble with so many newspaper links is that they are set up to point to where the article initially appears (a relative link) rather than a permanent link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 One reason why I pasted the article, ( removed and replaced with a link by a moderator) by a but I suppose there might by copywright issues with doing that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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