Are you single, married, what ethnicity? Are some of the ‘landlord prejudices’ facing tenants

Some landlords are particular on whom they let houses to. PHOTOS: FILE/STANDARD]

NAIROBI, KENYA: When Hellen Waweru’s workmate wanted to move houses with her young family, Waweru directed her to the flat she stayed in Buru Buru, Nairobi. Waweru was shocked when her friend later informed her that the landlord did not accept families in the flat.

“That is when it hit me that there were no kids in the whole flat and that there were more young tenants than older people,” says Waweru, who was living with her two sisters.