Without Social Security numbers, illegal immigrants face eviction

Washington Post ^ | 10 Feb 2016 | By Antonio Olivo

[11th_VA]

The owners of a Northern Virginia mobile-home park are trying to evict about 15 residents who don’t have Social Security numbers and are in the country illegally, an effort that attorneys for the families say violates federal and state fair housing laws...

Waples is owned by a limited partnership headed by Albert J. Dwoskin, who did not return calls for comment. Dwoskin’s property management company — A.J. Dwoskin & Associates — said it insists on Social Security numbers from all new tenants as a way to conduct background checks on those residents...

“Everyone has to have an ID, a Social Security card and provide pay stubs so they can qualify to live here,” said Josephine Giambanco, who manages the Waples site. “We ask that for everybody. Everyone who is over the age of 18 years old.”...

Under Virginia’s landlord-tenant law, landlords have the option of accepting the IRS tax identification numbers as proof of identity for new renters, which Finkenstadt said Waples has previously done for some residents. The tax ID numbers also can be used for background checks, but not as effectively as Social Security numbers.

[sickoflibs]

RE:”It is a standard business practice to run a credit report on renters, for the obvious reasons. Oh, the poor, ILLEGAL immigrants. I have a feeling this practice eliminated some white working people with poor credit as well, where's the pity party for them?”

White people don't count unless they are single Moms, well poor ones.

Whites white privilege hurts everyone else

[C210N]

What’s the problem here... can’t someone with extra social security numbers share some of them with those that have none?
It’s called socialism.

I’m talking to you, POSOTUS.

[Mr Apple]

...said it insists on Social Security numbers from all new tenants as a way to conduct background checks on those residents

Exactly right. These illegals should move out immediately and find refuge in a culvert.

[Portcall24]

This is funny. When Major General Vandenberg invited me to work in Project Checkmate for a year in the Pentagon I bought a 5th wheel trailer and lived in this trailer park.

[old gringo]

my ss card from the early 50s says right on it not fot id.

[Svartalfiar]

How did they get in there in the first place without a Social Security number?

If you read the excerpt:

"Under Virginia's landlord-tenant law, landlords have the option of accepting the IRS tax identification numbers as proof of identity for new renters, which Finkenstadt said Waples has previously done for some residents. "

[JimRed]

As long as ALL residents have to abide by the same rules, no harm, no foul.

[Mr Apple]

The cases illustrate the fragile foothold that low-wage workers, particularly immigrants, have in affluent Northern Virginia.

The cases illustrate the fragile foothold that low-wager workers, particularly illegal greasers, have in affluent Northern Virginia.

There, fixed it.

[hal ogen]

Deport these illigal invaders. Seize their assets and deport these pathetic criminals.

[uncitizen]

They’ve already got all of our social security numbers. This is a well oiled machine they’re running.