Highlandgee:

She said one landlord told her it would be easier if she only had two children, and they needed to be older. "She thought she was being helpful, but it was pretty offensive," she said.

'I felt like I was being rejected'

Another landlord said her children would disrupt the neighbours and referred her to an apartment too small to fit the six family members.

to the neighbours."

Okwuogu has also looked at duplexes in Moncton. One landlord worried about her paying rent because she was a student and said Okwuogu would have to pay six months rent up front. "I was heartbroken," she said.

Islandlady:
Well this is not really about discrimination! Most landlords even in Nigeria set standards and number of occupants in their Apartments!

Most reasons is that they don't want many people in their Apartments that will lead to over usage of their properties!

ibechris:
No where like home.

Highlandgee:
A Nigerian international student hoping to live in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada has complained she was discriminated against because she has children.

Obianuju Okwuogu had been looking for an apartment in Moncton during the pandemic for her family so she can attend Crandall University in person.

But when she was asked how many people would stay in the apartment, and said she has four daughters between two and nine, she was turned away.

"I kept searching and every day I kept getting disappointed," said the graduate student.

Okwuogu had started online classes at Crandall University. She moved to Canada from Nigeria with two of her four children and has been staying with her sister in Edmonton while she looked for a place in Moncton.

In her search for a Moncton home, she's focused on apartments with two or three bedrooms, and she had already dealt with about 20 different landlords.

Okwuogu said she sees listings online and contacts landlords by email and by phone. They respond and ask how many family members she has, whether she has children and their ages.

After telling them about her four children, she often doesn't hear back. And if she does, it's to hear that no apartments are available.
"They would just say, 'Sorry we don't have anything for you,'" she said from her sister's home in Edmonton.

She said one landlord told her it would be easier if she only had two children, and they needed to be older. "She thought she was being helpful, but it was pretty offensive," she said.

'I felt like I was being rejected'

Another landlord said her children would disrupt the neighbours and referred her to an apartment too small to fit the six family members.

"I started realizing at that point it wasn't about the space. It wasn't about the size. It was just because they were children, and they were young and they thought they would be an inconvenience to the neighbours."

Okwuogu has also looked at duplexes in Moncton. One landlord worried about her paying rent because she was a student and said Okwuogu would have to pay six months rent up front. "I was heartbroken," she said.

"I felt like I was being rejected because I had children. I felt like I was being told that my child was an inconvenience. I feel like I'm being told I should not have had my children, and that's really depressing."

Source: https://www.facebook.com/AfrotimesNewspaper/photos/a.119381757440035/127954519916092/
Afrotimes Newspaper

Highlandgee:
A Nigerian international student hoping to live in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada has complained she was discriminated against because she has children.

Obianuju Okwuogu had been looking for an apartment in Moncton during the pandemic for her family so she can attend Crandall University in person.

But when she was asked how many people would stay in the apartment, and said she has four daughters between two and nine, she was turned away.

"I kept searching and every day I kept getting disappointed," said the graduate student.

Okwuogu had started online classes at Crandall University. She moved to Canada from Nigeria with two of her four children and has been staying with her sister in Edmonton while she looked for a place in Moncton.

In her search for a Moncton home, she's focused on apartments with two or three bedrooms, and she had already dealt with about 20 different landlords.

Okwuogu said she sees listings online and contacts landlords by email and by phone. They respond and ask how many family members she has, whether she has children and their ages.

After telling them about her four children, she often doesn't hear back. And if she does, it's to hear that no apartments are available.
"They would just say, 'Sorry we don't have anything for you,'" she said from her sister's home in Edmonton.

She said one landlord told her it would be easier if she only had two children, and they needed to be older. "She thought she was being helpful, but it was pretty offensive," she said.

'I felt like I was being rejected'

Another landlord said her children would disrupt the neighbours and referred her to an apartment too small to fit the six family members.

"I started realizing at that point it wasn't about the space. It wasn't about the size. It was just because they were children, and they were young and they thought they would be an inconvenience to the neighbours."

Okwuogu has also looked at duplexes in Moncton. One landlord worried about her paying rent because she was a student and said Okwuogu would have to pay six months rent up front. "I was heartbroken," she said.

"I felt like I was being rejected because I had children. I felt like I was being told that my child was an inconvenience. I feel like I'm being told I should not have had my children, and that's really depressing."

Source: https://www.facebook.com/AfrotimesNewspaper/photos/a.119381757440035/127954519916092/
Afrotimes Newspaper

Mummywifey:
This is normal abroad. When i went to give birth in brazil , some of the requirements by the host on air bnb was - infants and children are not allowed. I had to look for an apartment that let kids stay.

Most landlords or host believe children easily damages things