U.S. Census Bureau
 Property Owners & Managers Survey (POMS)



                        PROPERTY OWNERS AND MANAGERS SURVEY
                  SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES:  PRIMARY METHOD OF SCREENING TENANTS
                                  TABLE 49

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!                     !          !          TYPE OF SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY              !
!                     !          !______________________________________________________!
!                     !          !         !        ! SINGLE !        !        !        !
!                     !  TOTAL   ! SINGLE  ! SINGLE !  UNIT  !        !        !        !
!                     ! UNITED   ! FAMILY  ! FAMILY !  WITH  ! CONDO  !  COOP  ! MOBILE !
!                     ! STATES   !DETACHED !ATTACHED!BUSINESS!MINIUM  !ERATIVE !  HOME  !
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!TOTAL UNITED STATES  !  8773165 ! 6438228 ! 773229 !  74302 ! 568566 ! 117726 ! 801114 !
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!PRIMARY METHOD OF    !          !         !        !        !        !        !        !
!SCREENING TENANTS    !          !         !        !        !        !        !        !
!_____________________!          !         !        !        !        !        !        !
!PERSONAL INTERVIEWS  !  1953080 ! 1481063 ! 143201 !  22905 !  97022 !  12254 ! 196635 !
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!RESPONSES ON THE     !   141648 !  101571 !  15851 !      0 !  11795 !   3655 !   8776 !
!APPLICATION FORM     !          !         !        !        !        !        !        !
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!CREDIT REFERENCES OR !  1040037 !  670647 ! 170982 !      0 ! 124059 !  34959 !  39390 !
!CHECKS               !          !         !        !        !        !        !        !
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!EMPLOYMENT CHECKS OR !   359446 !  261649 !  45144 !   1311 !  22810 !   2836 !  25696 !
!REFERENCES           !          !         !        !        !        !        !        !
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!PERSONAL REFERENCES  !   590460 !  430535 !  41338 !   8858 !  22920 !      0 !  86809 !
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!BANK REFERENCES      !    33860 !   17772 !   3519 !      0 !   5340 !      0 !   7229 !
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!REFERENCES FROM      !  1096514 !  771766 ! 110313 !   6613 !  84177 !  13510 ! 110135 !
!PREVIOUS RESIDENCE   !          !         !        !        !        !        !        !
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!PROOF OF MEETING     !   251798 !  174245 !  36036 !      0 !  23367 !      0 !  18150 !
!INCOME REQUIREMENTS  !          !         !        !        !        !        !        !
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!OTHER                !   538093 !  420458 !  34175 !   9767 !  38648 !   8226 !  26819 !
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!NOT REPORTED         !  2768227 ! 2108521 ! 172669 !  24845 ! 138428 !  42287 ! 281477 !
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Go to Single-family New Tenants/Screening/Section 8

Contact the Financial and Market Characteristics Branch at 301-763-3199 or visit ask.census.gov for further information on Property Owners & Managers Survey (POMS) Data.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: December 17, 2004