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Tenant Selection Criteria

As a licensed Agent in your lease transaction, I wish to let you know what is expected and required when leasing a property in Texas. Please read carefully, and sign to acknowledge that you have done so.
 
1.     Texas landlords are only required to repair items that have a material adverse effect on the health and safety of persons of ordinary sensibilities. As a tenant you must submit repair requests in writing.  If your rent is not current the landlord is not required to have repairs made. The landlord has at least seven days to make a diligent effort to satisfy a repair request.
 
2.     The landlord's property insurance policy rarely covers any losses a tenant may incur. I strongly recommend that you buy a renter's insurance policy before you move in to the premises.
 
3.      Federal law provides that the owner of any rental property built before 1978, or that contains components manufactured before 1978, must disclose to the tenant the possibility of the presence of lead based paint. When you make such disclosure, you must deliver to your tenant the Federal booklet “Protect Your Family From Lead in Your Home”.
 
4.        If the rental property is supplied with gas, you are reminded that carbon monoxide poisoning affects over 100,000 people every year. The landlord is not required to provide a carbon monoxide detector. I strongly recommend that you install a detector before you move in to the premises.
 
5.      The Texas Property Code requires rental premises to be equipped with certain types of locks and security devices. The landlord is required to rekey the security devices after the last tenant vacated the rental property or agrees to rekey the security devices within 7 days after you occupy the property. “Security device” is defined in Section 92.151, Texas Property Code.
6.      The landlord is required to provide a smoke alarm in good working order. The tenant should check before moving in and notify the landlord immediately in writing if the alarm is not working or is defective or missing.
 
7.     The landlord must determine whether the property must be registered with the city as a rental and pay any registration fee.
 
8.     Most leases typically grant a landlord the right to show the property to prospective renters and purchasers, especially during the last 30 days of a tenancy.
 
9.     A landlord must furnish the tenant a written, itemized list of deductions from the security deposit within 30 days after the tenant vacates the premises and provides the landlord a forwarding address.
10.     Read the lease very carefully and ask a lawyer to explain anything you do not fully understand.
 
 
Revisions to this form will not change the tenant’s obligations under the Lease


These tenant selection criteria are being provided to you (the tenant) pursuant to the Texas Property Code. The following grounds may be considered by the landlord in deciding to accept or deny your rental application:
 
1.          Criminal History: The landlord will make a criminal history check to verify the information provided by you on the Lease Application.
 
2.          Previous Rental History: The landlord will verify previous rental history using the information provided by you on the Lease Application.
 
3.          Current Income: The landlord will verify your current and previous employment and your monthly income as stated on your Lease Application. The sufficiency of your income may influence the landlord in deciding whether or not to lease the property to you.
 
4.          Credit History: The landlord will use Credit Reporting Agency reports to verify your credit history. Information received by the landlord in such reports may influence the landlord in deciding whether or not to lease the property to you.
 
5.          Failure to Provide Accurate or Complete Information on the Application Form: If you fail to provide accurate or complete information on the Lease Application, the landlord may consider that failure in deciding whether your rental application is denied or accepted and your application fee will not be refunded.
 
 
Landlord’s representative recommends the following criteria checked in the table below (as landlord’s tenant selection criteria). Landlord may also indicate additional qualifying criteria, for example: no pets, no guarantors, no Section 8 occupants.
 
Landlord must comply with state and federal Fair Housing Laws and must not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, or handicapped status.

Third party services may be used by the landlord to assist with verifying your rental application information. If your rental application is denied, you will be notified in writing.
 
The Texas Property Code requires a landlord to make available to lease applicants a copy of the Landlord's Tenant Selection Criteria and Grounds for Denial. Tenant selection criteria MUST BE ACKNOWLEDGED by the applicant at the time of submitting the lease application. Signing this acknowledgement confirms that the applicant has had an opportunity to review the landlord's tenant selection criteria. The tenant selection criteria may include items such as rental history, employment history, criminal background, credit history, current income and related information. If an applicant does not satisfy the tenant selection criteria, or provides inaccurate or incomplete information, the application may be rejected and denied and the application fee will not be refunded. If a landlord fails to make tenant selection criteria available to a prospective tenant who is later denied, such failure might result in a landlord's inability to retain any rental application fee or deposit.