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Landlord Groups Fume As NYC Council Mulls Proposal To Prevent Criminal Background Checks Of Potential Tenants

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- There has been an 11th-hour attempt by the City Council to pass a controversial bill that would prevent landlords from doing criminal background checks on potential tenants. It ...

Landlords and credit checks: What you should know

Landlord credit checks are a valuable tool for property owners who need to vet potential tenants before they approve them for a rental. Information included in a landlord credit check includes payment ...

Democratizing The Employment Screening Process

You probably had to go through a background screening for one or more jobs in your career. Your employer-to-be might have told you they’d be running a background check, made you sign some ...

Portland gives renters win with new tenant screening, deposit rules

The Portland City Council on Wednesday adopted a slate of new polices intended to make landlords more forgiving of criminal records and poor credit when screening prospective tenants. The council ...

Property Management Collections Service For Rent & Lease Defaults Announced

Southwest Recovery Services announces property management collections services for residential and commercial rent and lease defaults. The company handles tenant contact, credit reporting, and legal proceedings while maintaining regulatory compliance across multiple states.

8 Best Background Check Sites of December 2025

Whether you’re a landlord vetting a potential tenant or a business owner hiring new staff, today’s background check services ...

8 Best Background Check Sites of December 2025

Whether you’re a landlord vetting a potential tenant or a business owner hiring new staff, today’s background check services ...

Top Background Check Sites: 5 Websites For Your Search

Top Background Check Sites in 2023 TruthFinder- Top for Comprehensive Reports and Person Finder TruthFinder was started in 2015 to help people find others online easily. Whether you want to find old ...

Hollywood rental property scam leads to LAPD investigation, search for suspects who used fake checks

Police are looking for a pair of suspects who used counterfeit checks and fake identities to rent in several Los Angeles ...

CFPB and FTC issue request for information on background screening in connection with rental housing

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission issued a request for information (RFI) yesterday seeking comment on “background screening issues affecting individuals who seek ...

NJ Supreme Court Requests Comments on Proposed Amendments for Guardians

In a Sept. 29 notice to the bar, the New Jersey Supreme Court has issued a request for written comments on proposed amendments to Rule 4:86-2(b )(3) regarding a directive requiring background screening for proposed guardians of incapacitated adults.

IntelliCorp Announces Enhanced Pre-Adverse and Adverse Action Solution for Background Screening

BEACHWOOD, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intellicorp Records, Inc., a Verisk (Nasdaq:VRSK) business, announced today an enhanced solution for Pre-Adverse and Adverse Action notices, a required component of ...

Meeting reveals potential pier tenant passes background check

SURFSIDE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - A New Jersey couple hoping to become the newest tenants of a vacant restaurant on the Surfside Beach Pier has passed both a credit and background check, according to town ...

How to do a free online background check

Use a Consumer Reporting Agency to do a background check Most court information is public record Equifax and other sites offer one free credit report per year Have you done an online background check ...

How to Run an Online Background Check for Free

I know what you’re thinking–but hear me out. Plenty of reasons for doing an online background check exist, and not all of them are sketchy. In fact, everyone should do at least one online background ...

TransUnion and Snappt: Transforming Tenant Screening with Integrated Solutions

The integration of Snappt’s platform into TransUnion’s screening solutions offers numerous advantages: Enhanced Efficiency: Property managers can benefit from a more streamlined screening process, ...

Judge rules against Seattle ban on criminal background checks for renters

A portion of Seattle’s “Fair Chance Housing” ordinance was overturned by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday after a federal judge ruled it unconstitutionally violated free speech protections.

Housing In Brief: Alameda County Bans Criminal Background Checks For Prospective Tenants

A man passes a homeless encampment just feet from Larchmont Charter School in Hollywood, Calif. (Sarah Reingewirtz/The Orange County Register via AP) This is your first of three free stories this ...

Progressives want to stop landlords from using criminal background checks to screen renters

Progressives are pushing to stop landlords from being able to conduct criminal background checks on prospective tenants before leasing their property. A new bill introduced by "Squad" members Reps.

Faulty background checks are violating privacy and ruining lives

Criminal-record screening has become a pillar of life in the digital age. Employers, landlords and consumers have dozens of background-check companies to choose from to search for information about an ...