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"Hold on to your leasing agreements for this unsettling news. A recent study found strong evidence to suggest that single renters face discrimination when looking to for a home to lease.\nPinterestFacebookProfessor and researcher Bella DePaulo authored a piece earlier this week that appeared in Psychology Today; she took a close look at how applicants interested in renting a house were selected. DePaulo and her fellow researchers conducted four different studies; the potential renters provided nearly identical information on their rental applications, yet the percentage of times married couples were selected was shocking:\n*Study 1: 70% married couple; 18% single woman; 12% single man\n*Study 2: 80% married couple; 12% cohabiting couple; 8% pair of friends\n*Study 3 (the participants in this study were rental agents): 61% married couple; 24% cohabiting couple; 15% pair of friends\n*Study 4a: 79% married couple together for 6 years; 21% cohabiting couple together for 6 years\n*Study 4b: 71% married couple together for 6 months; 29% cohabiting couple together for 6 years\nAfter the first study, the researchers felt landlords might have selected the married couples based on increased incomes; if two people were working, they&amp;#39;d likely have less trouble consistently paying rent on time. However, when the researchers added cohabiting couples and friends to the mix, the biases remained. I&amp;#39;m especially surprised at study 4; the length of relationship has little bearing on landlord decisions; it&amp;#39;s clear that the married couples are favored.\nPinterestFacebookFurther, DePaulo and her team asked the participants (those renting out properties) about their expectations for the potential tenants: &amp;quot;how likely each tenant would be to keep the house clean, damage the house, make noise, pay their rent on time, or break the lease.&amp;quot; The married applicants were rated more favorably than their non-married counterparts all but two times!\n__How awful and unfair is this?! Have you ever felt discriminated when renting a place because you weren&amp;#39;t married? Did you do anything about it, like report the landlord to the local housing authority? Who have been your past and current roommates? Friends? A boyfriend? A husband? If you&amp;#39;re married, do you feel like you were treated differently from your single days of renting? __\nMake yourself at home with these stories\u2026\n\nThe cities with the highest divorce rates in the country!\n\n\n5 conversations to have before moving in together.\n\n\n3 loves lessons to take away from a big move.\n\nMore Ways to Get Glamour\nVisit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10!\nEnter the latest Glamour sweepstakes!\nFollow us on Twitter\nAdd us to your iGoogle homepage\nPhotos from top: Hemera Technologies and Stockbyte"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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