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    Default Can Landlord Require Double Security Deposit Based on Age

    My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: Florida
    County: Broward

    Can a landlord request double the security deposit because I'm young (29 years old). Seems to me this would be some kind of discrimination.

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    Default Re: Can Landlord Require Double Security Deposit Based on Age

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    My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: Florida
    County: Broward

    Can a landlord request double the security deposit because I'm young (29 years old). Seems to me this would be some kind of discrimination.
    Maybe...but 29 is not "young". I suspect that its a gun-shy landlord for one reason or another and perhaps you would simply be better off renting elsewhere.

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    My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: Florida
    County: Broward

    Can a landlord request double the security deposit because I'm young (29 years old). Seems to me this would be some kind of discrimination.
    It is some kind of discrimination, it's just not the illegal kind. I suspect it has more to do with your financial qualifications than with your age.

    The Florida landlord tenant statutes does not limit the amount of a security deposit but there are other provisions that you should be aware of:

    http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/...s/0083.49.html

    And if you don't know this already, you don't have to accept the landlord's terms, you can walk away from the deal and find someplace else.

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    It is some kind of discrimination, it's just not the illegal kind. I suspect it has more to do with your financial qualifications than with your age.

    The Florida landlord tenant statutes does not limit the amount of a security deposit but there are other provisions that you should be aware of:

    http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/...s/0083.49.html

    And if you don't know this already, you don't have to accept the landlord's terms, you can walk away from the deal and find someplace else.

    I'm wealthy, so it has nothing to do with financial qualifications. Was mainly just curious if a landlord can use age, as a factor to require a higher security deposit when the real estate listing has one month required. Based on your links it looks like in Florida they can vary deposit requirements for whatever reason they wish.

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    Default Re: Can Landlord Require Double Security Deposit Based on Age

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    I'm wealthy
    Then why not buy yourself a home instead of renting?

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    so it has nothing to do with financial qualifications. Was mainly just curious if a landlord can use age, as a factor to require a higher security deposit when the real estate listing has one month required. Based on your links it looks like in Florida they can vary deposit requirements for whatever reason they wish.
    Yes.

    Accept for those reasons prohibited by fair housing laws.

    Is a landlord actually asking for a higher deposit due to your age? Did he/she say that? Or is your question just hypothetical because you are just curious?

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    Then why not buy yourself a home instead of renting?



    Yes.

    Accept for those reasons prohibited by fair housing laws.

    Is a landlord actually asking for a higher deposit due to your age? Did he/she say that? Or is your question just hypothetical because you are just curious?

    Because I'm looking to rent and not buy....

    My Realtor called me this morning saying the landlord was requesting that I agree to pay double the security deposit, 18k, instead of the 9k originally listed because I look "young".

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    My Realtor called me this morning saying the landlord was requesting that I agree to pay double the security deposit, 18k, instead of the 9k originally listed because I look "young".
    Then your option is to say no and look elsewhere.

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    I would take this as a sign of things to come and walk away.

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