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The problem lies not in their misrepresenting themselves on the application. The real problem is the Property Management Companies overlooking the discovered misinformation and choosing to rent to them anyway. We know these two individuals have Social Security numbers belonging to people who have been reported deceased. The company we work for has decided to rent to them anyway, disregarding the safety of the tenants who have rightfully passed the required background check.

All of these resources are available to all landlords and screening companies. There is a financial motive to NOT use them. The landlords are deliberately ignoring all safety and crime related issues to keep the properties rented. They have the right to refuse haven for these un convicted felons, but they simply take the money for themselves with no regard for the other tenants. What you have missed is that all of our applicant information goes through a screening company, we are informed before the rental agreement is signed that the felony has taken place and the identity belongs to, in our case, two dead men. Everyone wants immigration reform, no one wants to pay the price. The very worst of it is, that Americans who have committed a felony and paid their price are being denied for seven full years! I believe the difference could be made up by developing a system to rehab known personalities. In fact refusing housing to these individuals greatly increases the desire to recommit. By Oregon law once someone stays in a property for thirty days they are legal tenants and can only be removed through court action, something else that needs to change especially for in residence occupancy. Let someone stay in your house too long and the court will order you to NOT remove them! All of our property laws need some serious rethinking.