getting a flat on rent is already tough for singles in ncr and if the federation of apartment owners association fedaoa of ghaziabad has its way it will become even tougher as bachelors might be facing a panel of interviewers before they are okayed as tenants recently the fedaoa which includes 125 housing societies in ghaziabad decided to form a screening committee to conduct detailed interviews of singles apart from producing identification and permanent address proofs bachelors will have to bring along at least one parent to the interview the final decision to rent the flat will rest on the committee and not on the flat owner alone while the federation says that the step was taken owing to an increase in crimes and the number of suicide cases in the recent past singles in ncr say that they dont mind a background check by the landlord but forming a committee to reject or okay someone as a tenant is taking things a bit farforming a committee to screen every single tenant is stretching it a bit too farvisharad bhatia a student at symbiosis centre for management studies noida who is a single tenant in indirapuram says this sounds impractical there is a huge population of students and single tenants living in indirapuram and i dont think screening every single tenant would be possible interviews are nothing new i have changed two flats till now and each time my father had to speak to the landlords im up for an interview but they dont have the right to ask me any personal question like my relationship status is none of their businesstajshee shah a single tenant who lives in malviya nagar says an interview by the landlord is still okay but forming a screening committee for this is beyond my understanding looks like its tougher to crack an interview for a flat than a job interview for a job we are judged on our skills on what basis are we going to be judged to get a flat on rent ive heard of landlords calling parents for a background check before renting their flats to college students but making it mandatory to interview a parent or guardian for every single tenant irrespective of their qualifications and experience is unacceptable i am a working professional who have been living alone in various indian cities for sixseven years now i dont think i need my parents to take my responsibilitya single guy might have double phds but societies will see him as a hooligandhananjay sharma a single tenant who lives in sector 99 noida says there is a baggage that single men carry with them they might have double phds but the society will see them as a drunkard or hooligan when you interview for a job you have specifically skilled people interviewing you but how are these rwas qualified to screen who should be given a flat on rent if they really wish to do a background check there are other