The federal government has fined TransUnion a total of $23 million — including some $14 million to be paid to consumers — over illegal rental background checks and security locks and freezes on ...

In response to California’s broad protections for those unable to pay rent during the pandemic, landlords have intensified their screening of new tenants. It’s now common for L.A. landlords to demand ...

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

Read on for our review and complete guide how to run a background check on a tenant. A background check can provide valuable insight into a tenant’s criminal, credit, rental and employment histories.

Landlords and tenants often accept the tenant screening process as a formality. But there’s a hidden set of processes that work behind the scenes to create the neatly formatted PDFs landlords rely on ...

The high school teacher and real estate agent racked up more than $200 in tenant screening fees, which they had to pay each time they applied to rent a unit. “Every place we went, we would have to do ...

Renters struggling to find a home in the tightest metro Phoenix rental market in nearly 50 years are submitting to new forms of background screening that include facial recognition, cryptic computer ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law late Tuesday, Sept. 13, standardizing reusable tenant screening reports and creating a path to lowering rental application costs. Assembly Bill 2559, which ...