Fair Housing Statement at Tuscany Hills we believe that our residents always deserve to be
treated fairly. As an equal opportunity housing provider, Tuscany Hills provides
housing opportunities regardless of race, color, national origin, religion,
sex, physical or mental disability, familial status or any other classification
protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
Rental applications
must be processed simultaneously on all prospective leaseholders 18 years of
age and older. A NON-REFUNDABLE Application Fee must be paid for each applicant
18 years of age and older. All
applications for residency will be evaluated using the following criteria:
Identification A valid government
photo ID is required for all applicants and occupants 18 years of age and
older. The final approval of
applications requires all applicants to provide a valid, government-issued
photo identification prior to move in. All applicants must provide one or more
of the following in addition to a government-issued photo ID:
Valid Social
Security Card
Passport
Permanent Resident
Card
Visa
Occupancy Maximum number of
persons per apartment: 2 persons per bedroom plus one in 1-bedroom floorplan and
2 persons per bedroom in a 2- and 3-bedroom floorplan. In the event of a change
in household/family status impacting the number of occupants, residents will have
until the expiration of the lease term to transfer to the appropriate apartment
or vacate to comply with occupancy limits.
Income Applicant(s) must be
able to provide proof of income that is lawful, verifiable income paid directly
to a tenant or to a representative of a tenant, or paid to a housing owner or
landlord on behalf of a tenant, including federal, state or local public
assistance, and federal, state or local housing subsidies, including, but not
limited to, federal housing assistance vouchers issued under section 8 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (income from an OCCUPANT ONLY will not be
included). Income verification must be
provided prior to the final approval and meet the following criteria:
Total household gross monthly income must
be at least three (3) times the amount of the monthly rent responsibility
Examples of income include, but are
not limited to; wages, salaries, tips, social security benefits, retirement,
pension, child support or alimony payments, qualified housing assistance,
scholarships and grants.
Savings and brokerage accounts in
applicants name may be considered in lieu of active employment with
verification of bank balances totaling at least three times the annual rent.
Proof of Income:
Written Proof of income must be provided in one or more of the following forms:
Two recent pay stubs from current
employer with YTD
Offer letter from employer with
prior year W2
LES most recent
Self Employed: Two most recent
complete Federal income tax returns (signed), if sole proprietor, include two
most recent Federal Schedule C indicating self-employment income; if
corporation or partnership attach two most recent K-1 statements showing owner
share of cash distributions from your business and two months bank statements
showing deposited income supporting tax return.
Cash reserves: Copies of three most
current statements from at least one banking or investment institution showing
cash reserves or direct deposits.
Award letter from school financial
office
Court orders alimony or child
support payments with proof of payments
Vouchers administrated by qualifying
public housing agencies
Proof of government payments (e.g.
welfare, disability, social security, etc.)
Proof of retirement income (pay
stub or 1040 or 1040A tax forms)
Consumer
Credit Report the community uses an independent credit reporting agency, RealPage Inc.
to obtain and evaluate your consumer credit report. Your consumer credit report
contains information about you and your credit experiences, including but not
limited to such items as your bill-payment history, the number and type of
accounts that you have had late payments, collection actions, outstanding debt,
and the age of your accounts. RealPage Inc. may also obtain, review and
evaluate other relevant criteria about you, including but not limited to
information regarding any judgement in an unlawful detainer action that was
previously entered against you as well as previous and current rental history
where available. Based on the information you provided, an evaluation of your
consumer credit report and any other relevant
criteria, RealPage Inc. applies a score to your application. Based on the score received your application
will either “pass”, “pass with conditions” which will require an additional
security deposit as permitted to be paid; or “fail”. If RealPage Inc. makes a recommendation
of “fail” or “pass with conditions”, you will be given the name, address and
telephone number of RealPage Inc. and of the consumer reporting agencies that
provided your consumer information to RealPage Inc., as well as other
information required by law. Please refer to the Online Application Terms and
Conditions for your specific rights under federal law with respect to your
consumer credit report.
Rental
History Only
verifiable rental history from a landlord, Apartment Community or Mortgage
Company will be considered. Acceptable rental history equals one year in most
recent residency, should not include; more than (3) late payments, more than
(1) NSF check, more than (1) documented disturbance, with no; legal notice(s)
issued, police calls, prior evictions or asked to leave for cause. First time renters with no prior rental history will be considered as
acceptable.
Disturbances related to domestic violence, stalking or sexual assault
where applicant was the victim will not be counted against applicant for
purpose of determining whether applicant meets the property’s rental history
standards.
Additional security deposit will be required on any rental history not
verifiable,
excluding first time renters, any previous “rental property” debt paid off and
verified not over $1000.00, no required 30-day notice given to previous
landlord and/or maximum of (6) late payments. If applicant has a history of (2)
or more NSF checks – no personal checks or ACH payments will be accepted for
the term of the occupancy – certified funds only.
Co-Signers Co-Signers or guarantors are not accepted in this
community.
Pets and Animals Cats, dogs (maximum
weight limit of 70 lbs., breed and age restrictions apply), birds and small
reptiles are allowed, with a maximum of (2) pets per apartment, pet(s) must not
be a potential nuisance or danger to neighbors (no excessively barking dogs, no
loud birds, etc.). Pet must be brought to the office for introduction and
acceptance. An additional deposit and monthly pet rent will apply to all
approved pets.
Special consideration
will be given to Assistive Animals with supporting documentation and an
approved Accommodation Request by management prior to the animal residing in
the apartment. Breed restrictions, weight limit, additional deposits and pet
rent do not apply. Landlord does reserve the right to require reasonable rules
of conduct for approving an Accommodation Request.
All Pet and Assistive Animal owners will be requested to complete an
“Animal Application” providing proof of the animal(s) breed, age, core vaccines
and a valid dog license. We do not allow "visiting" pets, any pet in the apartment that is not authorized through a pet agreement is a direct breach of your lease agreement.
Smoking and Vaping All use of tobacco
products involving smoking, burning or combustion of tobacco including vaping
is not permitted in the common areas of the community, including parking lot,
garages, pools, laundry and fitness areas. If this is a smoke free community,
you will be asked to sign a Non-Smoking Addendum and any smoking/vaping on the
community or in the apartment will be a direct breach of your lease agreement.
Renter’s Insurance Renter’s insurance is
required as a condition of residency with a minimum liability coverage of
$100,000. Personal property coverage is
not required but recommended.
Declined Applications (If any
of the following apply, the application will be denied);
A “fail”
score on consumer credit report
Unable
to provide a valid government issued photo ID
Falsification
of the application
Anyone
with an outstanding unpaid rental debt
If the
bank returns the application fee or holding deposit check
Anyone
having an unsatisfied monetary judgment currently pending against them
Bankruptcy
filing that has not been dismissed or discharged
Application
that is not fully completed to meet management standards
Anyone
listed on the Rental History Exclusion list
Proof of
verifiable income has not been submitted
Anyone
who is currently engaged in the illegal use of controlled substances
Refund Policy Your required holding deposit is refundable within
72 hours of the date/time of your application, should you decide to
cancel. Holding deposits are refundable should your application be denied based
on our rental criteria. Holding deposits are non-refundable should you
cancel after 72 hours or if we cancel you after 72 hours for not submitting a
completed application with required documents for the approval process.
Landlord and Applicant Interactions: A
courteous and businesslike attitude is required from all applicants and
prospective tenants. We reserve the
right to refuse rental to anyone who is verbally abusive, swears or uses
profanity, is disrespectful, belligerent, makes threats, is argumentative,
displays violent behavior, demeaning speech or treatment of landlord or
landlord’s agent or to one another if more than one applicant or in general
displays an attitude during the application process that causes management to
believe we would not have a positive landlord and tenant relationship.
In order to be approved for rental, Applicant must complete all forms
and provide all documentation requests without amending or deleting any
information from the provided documents and forms. Applicant may not choose to apply any of the
additional security deposit options in place of providing the requested
information and/or documents. Applicant will be considered to have falsified
information if applicant states that they do not have information such as, but
not limited to, Social Security number, copy of Government ID and historical
financial and/or rental history when Applicant has knowledge of such
information.
To
promptly process your application, the above items must be presented within 48
hours of reserving your apartment.
If the information is not provided to us within this timeframe, we may
return the apartment to an available to lease status and your Holding Deposit
may be retained by management and become subject to charges equal to the
prorated amount of the daily market rent for the time that the apartment was
not available to lease and any additional marketing or administration time.