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who all (as in which companies/organizations) can find that out?
I decided to add someone mainly because he visits so much that it seems to be the right choice. He won't start having mail come here though.
About 1/2 the time, my friend's w/ his mother since she has a health condition & he helps her out a lot, but he visits me quite a good amt too.
Like if he applies for future jobs, unemployment, food stamps, etc. in which he prefers to use his mother's address, can they find out (& naturally assume) he lives at my place since he's on the lease now?
If he gets all of his mail at the other address and he has the other address on his driver's license and all of his bank accounts and his voter's registration are at the other address, your address might not come up. He should be filing his tax returns using his mother's address.
Usually, it is the place where the majority of your time is spent that is considered your primary residence. Your friend might be careful to spend more days at his mother's house than at yours, just to be on the safe side.
Although, there is no guarantee that your address won't come up somehow. Or maybe someone might turn him in.
If your landlord records leases, then his name will come up with your address, but very few landlords record their leases routinely.
If you and he get evicted or taken to small claims court, then it goes on his credit report and his public record that he is living at your address. If the police are called for a disturbance or a crime, then he gets associated with your address. So pay the rent on time, don't destroy property or make a lot of noise.
Just be aware that if he gets caught giving a false address on his welfare application, that it is considered fraud. I don't know what happens to him if he gets caught, but whatever it is can't be good.
No one will turn him in & he will NOT change his address to mine for any currently existing mail he gets.
I don't want anyone to know either. This was only for the purpose that visitors can only park in a few certain parking spaces & I was finally notified by my leasing office that his car was parked in the visitor spots too much & it was suggested to me to add him to the lease. My rent amt didn't change at all.
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Originally Posted by rrah
...By adding him to the lease is he obligated to pay rent or is he an occupant?
Nope, I've already been here almost 4 yrs, paying the whole rent myself ON TIME & most of last yr being 2-3 MOS AHEAD. They don't care how or who contributes what amt for the rent...just as long as it's paid.
Just an added note, here. One of my son's tenants added an additional tenant, not on the rental agreement. My son caught them and screened the family and put them onto a rental agreement.
After they moved out, here comes the welfare department wanting proof that she had lived there plus some additional information. They were after the tenant for welfare fraud and after her in a big way.
I have no idea how the welfare people found out, but they did, and they weren't ignoring it.
They will do a credit/background check on him...that hard pull will show up on his credit report. It won't show the address, but it will show the company that did the pull (the corporate name of the complex)
No one will turn him in & he will NOT change his address to mine for any currently existing mail he gets.
He doesn't have to change his address in order to be considered a resident. Once he signs that lease he is considered a resident of that complex. Where he gets his mail doesn't matter. Any mail from the complex, including legal documents, will be sent to that address addressed to the both of you...those documents will link him to that address..
I don't want anyone to know either. This was only for the purpose that visitors can only park in a few certain parking spaces & I was finally notified by my leasing office that his car was parked in the visitor spots too much & it was suggested to me to add him to the lease. My rent amt didn't change at all.
How are you going to stop people from finding out? Your neighbors already ratted you out to the office...how else do you think they knew he was there so much?? Just an FYI...all anybody has to do is drive around your parking lot to find his car (that may or may not have a resident parking permit) or knock on some doors and ask questions. If he lies to the govt, they WILL find out. It's not an if, it's a when.
Nope, I've already been here almost 4 yrs, paying the whole rent myself ON TIME & most of last yr being 2-3 MOS AHEAD. They don't care how or who contributes what amt for the rent...just as long as it's paid.
Is he ready to fully responsible for your unit and lease? Are you ready for him to move in lock, stock and barrel? Once he signs that lease you have no control of when he comes, how long he stays, and who he brings with him. Think about it.
My concern is for you. Putting your friend on your lease gives him full tenancy, which means if you decide to move and he says he won't move out - now you have a major problem on your hands. The landlord can come to you for full rent, even after you move out, if he says he's staying. If your friend starts any problems, you both get kicked out.
I don't see what's in it for you, is my thinking. And someone who is committing welfare fraud is not a good bet. I highly suggest you don't put him on the lease. Let him find parking that won't get you in trouble. And don't put yourself in a position to let his lifestyle affect yours. You're already in a position of helping him commit fraud, which makes you an accomplice.
Spoken by a mother who watched her daughter do the same kind of thing. She didn't listen, and you probably won't either. But, I had to say it.
I've known this guy for the last 20 yrs, so I'm good, but I appreciate your guys bringing up various concerns to think about.
Wait, where did I say about anyone committing fraud? I originally wanted to know what companies can find out to prevent doing the wrong things. If he doesn't want to start having his mail come here & neither do I , that's a choice people can make.
Our plan is to have this be my last yr living here & then we both move out at once around this time next year. We just have to save up the money.
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