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Occupancy By Who's Standard (Part 1 of 2)

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By Jo Becker, Education/Outreach Specialist, Fair Housing Council Serving Oregon and SW WashingtonI recently read an article on screening by a representative of a NW property management firm. In it was included the company's screening requirements, as well as what was apparently their stock occupancy standard for all units: Maximum occupancy of no more than two (2) persons per bedroom."There is a growing body of case law across the country in which housing providers - both landlords and condo / homeowners' associations - have lost cases in which they've had two-people-per-bedroom policies. At this point