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How to screen a tenant fairly

Screening is the highest fair-housing-risk step in the rental cycle. The way to reduce risk is to publish criteria and apply them uniformly.

Overview

Screening is the highest fair-housing-risk step in the rental cycle. The way to reduce risk is to publish criteria and apply them uniformly.

Checklist

  • Publish credit floor, income multiple, and criminal-history policy.
  • Run the same reports on every applicant.
  • Decide against the published standard, not personal judgment.
  • Adverse-action notice on every denial driven by a report.
  • Retain records of decisions for at least four years.
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