I can't help but call BS... I need more testimonials of this situation. This sounds like 99.co is looking for sympathy marketing or trying to enrage readers to align themselves with something they are already aligned with in an 'unlabeled' way.. They are purposing creating a site that promotes the fact 'you are unbiased' based on 1 testimonial. disgusting. prove me wrong 99, your so full of it.
A family member of mine worked for a landlord who was wary of Indian tenants for this reason: the fragrance of their traditional cooking escaped to annoy other tenants and also lingered in the apartment even after families would leave requiring expensive professional service. According to a search engine lookup this is quite common.
The article even mentions this, albeit, indirectly.
> Reasons cited for such practices range from perceptions of lack of cleanliness, to likelihood of damaging the apartment,
Translation: we've had to have an apartment professionally cleaned to get the cooking smell out and it was expensive.
This is a legitimate concern for a landlord, especially smaller ones. And I feel like this is something that could be addressed by acknowledging the concern, then offering something to alleviate it, such as a larger security deposit. I'm sure they can't do that because it's technically illegal to discriminate against national origin for housing in most places.
I'm an Indian working in SG. If anecdotes mean anything to you, I faced the same issues while finding a place to stay here. In any case, it is a big enough problem they BBC covered it here: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26832115
