Glossary

Applicant screening

Verifying credit, eviction history, income, and references for a rental applicant.

Definition

Screening is the highest fair-housing-risk step. Uniform, published criteria applied identically to every applicant is the standard defense.

Example

A property publishes a 620 credit floor and 3x-rent income multiple. Every applicant runs against those numbers.

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