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Using Consumer Reports: What Landlords Need to...

As a landlord – or property manager or other housing provider – you evaluate housing applications or decide whether to renew a current tenant’s lease. You might decide to run a tenant background check using a company that compiles background information. These tenant background checks can include a variety of information, such as rental and eviction history, credit history, or criminal records. Tenant background check reports are consumer reports. When you use consumer reports to make tenant decisions, you must comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforces the FCRA. FCRA Basics You must take certain steps before you can get a... Read more

Launches first-of-its-kind program to address land use and zoning barriers that limit housing President Biden’s economic vision is about building an economy from the...

The White House released two announcements last week, outlining actions to boost the housing supply and offering guidance for multifamily properties. These...

Legislation would prevent landlords from demanding applicants pay brokers. A bill to spare apartment seekers from having to pay rental listing agents hired by landlords...

Will the third time be the charm? After trying and failing twice before, a coalition of housing advocates led by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation have collected...

FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Takes...

Major rental housing platforms and several states join the President’s effort to crack down on rental housing junk fees for consumers and increase transparency Today, President Biden is announcing a new front in his crackdown on junk fees: rental housing. From repeated rental application fees to surprise “convenience fees,” millions of families incur burdensome costs in the rental application process and throughout the duration of their lease. These fees are often more than the actual cost of providing the service, or are added onto rents to cover services that renters assume are included—or that they don’t even want. Rental housing fees can be a serious burden on renters.... Read more

Landlords around the country routinely refuse to rent to tenants who rely on housing vouchers and other forms of financial assistance, so a growing number of low-income...

HUD (The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) has charged a landlord and Realtor with disability discrimination over failing to lease a rental to a woman...

Some Los Angeles tenants who didn’t pay rent during the pandemic could be facing eviction in August Payments missed between Mar. 1, 2020 and Sept. 30, 2021 are due on...

Two of the biggest multifamily associations are supporting a bipartisan bill in Congress aimed at attracting more private landlords to participate in the Section...