I Believe that I DESERVE!…. I Believe that I QUALIFY!…. People can change. People do change. I had a rough start, that’s true. I messed up. I have owned up. I have paid for my errors, and…….I have changed. Please see me…… Please hear me…….. The record shows who I was. Please let me tell you about the journey I have traveled since then. I have grown into a good, mature, decent, and stable person… [Read More]
An Individualized Assessment (IA) Can Help
The EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) Enforcement Guidance states that an Individualized Assessment generally means that an employer informs the individual that he may be excluded because of past criminal conduct; provides an opportunity to the individual to demonstrate that the exclusion does not properly apply to him; and considers whether the individual’s additional information shows that the policy as applied is not job related and consistent with business necessity. Individualized Assessments (IA’s) may contain: The facts… [Read More]
An Individualized Assessment (IA) Can Help
An Individualized Assessment (IA) can help! Individuals, Employers and Landlords It Can Help!! POEknows can Help! Individuals As many as 100 million U.S. adults have a criminal record of some sort! Are you the running into a brick wall, trying to secure employment or a residence? Do you qualify? Do you deserve? Are you ready? Let us help. Let POEknows assist you in preparing an in-depth Individualized Assessment, a critical dialogue about where you were,… [Read More]
Resident Individualized Assessments & Adverse Action Notifications
In view of the April 4, 2016 HUD Guidelines to Providers of Housing, POE believes it is necessary to utilize additional versions of the Adverse Action Notifications that property owners and property managers are required to send, when the owners/managers intend to decline an application placed by a prospective resident. The existing required prospective resident Adverse Action Notifications do not mention the reason for decline, do not mention anything about a criminal record, and they… [Read More]
Employment Adverse Action Notifications – Change in Conditions of Employment
Adverse Action Notifications on prospective resident applications are required to be provided by the property manager/owner when it intends to decline an applicant, AND when the property manager/owner intends to approve an applicant, with an increased security deposit and/or a guarantor. One would think it is a much simpler choice when employers review prospective employee applications. Wouldn’t one? One would think Adverse Action Notifications on prospective employees are required to be provided by the employer… [Read More]
Prospective Resident Individualized Assessment
Property Owners/Managers are in the business of leasing quality rental housing to quality prospective residents. All applications are processed with the goal of extending an offer to lease, to qualified applicants. Unfortunately, not all applications can be approved. HUD’s April 2016 Guidance to Housing Providers strongly states that no prospective resident may be automatically denied, due to the existence of a criminal record. HUD urges all Housing Providers to create and apply your written Resident… [Read More]