A Housing Application must be submitted by each person 18 years of age or older, or minor as defined by ORS 109.697, who will be occupying the rental unit. Each Applicant must meet the following Rental Requirements and Qualifications. “Applicant” is defined as the person who will be signing the Lease Agreement as the “Resident.” “Guarantor” is defined as the person who will sign the Guaranty Agreement.
 
The following constitute current Rental Requirements and Qualifications. Nothing contained in these requirements shall constitute a guarantee or representation that all Residents currently residing in the Apartment Community, including the roommates that will occupy the rental unit with any Resident, have met these requirements. There may be Residents or occupants who have applied to reside in the Apartment Community prior to the stated requirements taking effect. We are not responsible and assume no duty for obtaining criminal history checks on any Residents, occupants, guests, or contractors in the Apartment Community.
 
To reserve your rental unit, you must also sign a Lease Agreement. The Lease Agreement is a binding contract between you and Landlord. Your Lease Agreement will not be executed by Landlord until all qualifications are met, your criminal history is verified, and your Housing Application is approved. If your Housing Application is denied, the Lease Agreement will not be executed by Landlord and you will forfeit all non-refundable fees or charges paid at the time of application. Only deposits will be refunded on denied applications.
 
You acknowledge that you have full understanding that the Lease Agreement is only binding once your Housing Application has been approved and the Lease Agreement has been executed by you and Landlord. There is no stated or implied guarantee of housing until your Lease Agreement has been executed by you and Landlord.
 
IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
 
Applicants and Guarantors must present a valid government issued photo identification card and a valid Social Security number. Applicants who are citizens of another country must provide the following: (1) a passport, (2) the document that entitles the Applicant to be in the United States through the term of the Lease Agreement, such as a visa, work authorization, or a SEVIS I-20 verifying student status and proof of enrollment. Guarantors who are citizens of another country must provide the following: (1) a passport or (2) government issued photo identification card.

INCOME REQUIREMENTS
 
Applicant must have an annual gross income equal to three (3) times the total rent installments as outlined on the first page of the Lease Agreement and must have qualifying credit history. Applicant must have a verified source of income for at least one (1) year prior to the Housing Application date. Proof of income must be supplied via two (2) recent pay stubs, four (4) if paid weekly, two (2) most recent bank statements, financial aid award, SEVIS I-20, tax records or court documents. If the Applicant cannot prove income and does not meet the qualifying credit history, the Applicant must have a Guarantor sign a Guaranty Agreement, guaranteeing Resident’s obligations under the Lease Agreement. The Guarantor must meet the stated income and credit history requirements. Any Applicant who cannot prove income and qualifying credit history, and cannot provide a Guarantor, must pay the sum of first and last rental installment on the first installment due date as listed on the first page of the Lease Agreement. Your application also may be denied for negative information provided by a consumer credit reporting agency, or an inability to verify information regarding credit history.
 
CRIMINAL HISTORY
 
Criminal convictions which indicate that an Applicant’s tenancy would constitute a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals, or whose tenancy would result in substantial physical damage to the property of Landlord or others, may result in denial of the Housing Application. Such criminal convictions may include, but is not limited to, a drug-related crime (except for most convictions related to marijuana), a person crime (e.g. murder, rape, statutory rape, assault), a sex offense (e.g. sexual assault, child pornography, indecent exposure), a crime involving financial fraud (e.g. bribery, identity theft, forgery, money laundering), or any other crime if the criminal conduct is of a nature that would adversely affect the property of the landlord or a tenant (e.g. burglary, theft) or the health, safety or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises of residents, the landlord or the landlord’s agent (e.g. bias crime, menacing, aggravated harassment). Your landlord will not deny your application solely because (1) you have been arrested but not convicted, unless the resulting charge is pending on the date of the Application, (2) you participated or completed a diversion or a deferral of judgment program, (3) you have a prior conviction that has been judicially dismissed, expunged, voided, or invalidated, (4) you have been convicted of a crime that is no longer illegal in the State of Oregon, or (5) you have been convicted, or there has been any other determination or adjudication issued, through the juvenile justice system.
 
OCCUPANCY GUIDELINES
 
Maximum occupancy of each “bed space” subject to an individual liability Lease Agreement is limited to (1) one person per “bed space”. An adult with a child under (24) twenty-four months of age at the time the Lease Agreement or Renewal and Amendment of Lease Agreement is signed can lease a single “bed space”, but only in a bedroom designated as a private bedroom.
 
A group of people or person that includes a child over (24) twenty-four months of age, wanting to live together in the same apartment must rent all of the “bed spaces” within the apartment as private bedrooms, with maximum occupancy limited to a total of (2) two persons per number of bedrooms, plus one additional person for the entire apartment. This includes any and all “extra” rooms that may be present within the apartment that are not kitchens, dining rooms, bathrooms, or bedrooms, such as “dens”, “lofts”, and/or “studies” etc.
 
GENERAL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
 
In addition, your Landlord may deny your Application for (1) negative or insufficient reports from references or other sources of your rental history, (2) unacceptable or insufficient rental history, such as the lack of a reference from a prior landlord, (3) a prior FED (eviction) that resulted in a general judgment unless the general judgment was entered five or more years before the application, or the general judgment was based claims that arose on or after April 1, 2020, and before March 1, 2022, (4) an FED that has not yet resulted in dismissal or general judgment, (5) an inability to verify information regarding a rental history, (6) an inability to verify information regarding criminal history, (7) your failure to meet other written screening or admission criteria. Additionally, your Landlord will deny your application if the dwelling unit has already been rented.

American Campus Communities adheres to the Fair Housing Law (Title VIII) of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 as amended by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and the Fair Housing Amendment of 1988 which stipulate that it is illegal to discriminate against any person in housing practices because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, familial status or any other class protected by law.