OneEyedDiva
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- New Jersey
I was clearing out my file cabinet and came across blank apartment applications. About a decade ago, I was going to let my Honorary Daughter take my apartment and I was going to move to a senior building. I was doing this because at the time she was very sickly, in and out of the hospital too often and it affected her income. She is the mother of two of my grandchildren and she has an older daughter (all of whom were still minors). I would have charged her "rent" of what I actually pay for our carrying charges (aka mortgage + HOA fees) which would have been only 30% of what she was paying for rent at the time.
I got applications from 4 of the best privately owned senior buildings in my city and two towns over. The waiting times were from 2 - 4 years. These were the questions they asked: Head of household's race, annual household income, Social Security number, bank and investment account information including how much in each account and the account numbers. Now hold on! No way would I have wanted to divulge that kind of information, especially when I noticed at the one office I visited in person there was no lock on the file cabinet. Hey what's to stop the cleaning man or lady from taking a peek when the office staff goes home? That seemed like identity theft waiting to happen. Blessedly my HD decided she didn't want me to put myself out plus she really needed 3 bedrooms, not 2 like my apartment.
Has anyone here ever had to fill out very intrusive applications for apartments or anything else? Were wait times excessive?
I got applications from 4 of the best privately owned senior buildings in my city and two towns over. The waiting times were from 2 - 4 years. These were the questions they asked: Head of household's race, annual household income, Social Security number, bank and investment account information including how much in each account and the account numbers. Now hold on! No way would I have wanted to divulge that kind of information, especially when I noticed at the one office I visited in person there was no lock on the file cabinet. Hey what's to stop the cleaning man or lady from taking a peek when the office staff goes home? That seemed like identity theft waiting to happen. Blessedly my HD decided she didn't want me to put myself out plus she really needed 3 bedrooms, not 2 like my apartment.
Has anyone here ever had to fill out very intrusive applications for apartments or anything else? Were wait times excessive?
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