The United States is moving closer towards a renter-friendly nation with renter-friendly laws. As renters cheer every time tenant screening laws shift in their favor, credit reporting agencies and rental property investors across the nation have to adjust to the turning, pro-renter tide. Despite that, screening is a necessity and there is always one argument
The internet loves to cancel people. It’s incredibly easy to look up a person’s entire history on their Twitter, find something controversial they posted in 2012, write #Cancelled and suddenly they’re the most hated person around. The debate about if “cancel culture” is ethical is muddy with public-facing figures, but what about the average joe?
It’s time for a bit of a round up! 2021 feels both like it barely started and that it has been going on forever. How’s that work? With 2020 and 2021 bleeding together in our heads like a great hodgepodge of a mess of a year, there are more than a few people excited to
Consumer reporting agencies (CRAs) have always had a complex role in helping tenants find housing and landlords provide a safe and secure environment for their residents but that complexity is about to take a new height. Renter rights have been pushing forward for a long time and subsequently made providing quality resident screening reports even
Back in August, Michigan revealed the latest news that shook the rental housing industry’s bones. The date of birth is one of the most important pieces of identifying information, and anyone who has ever had to pick up a prescription or verify who they are over a phone call can know how important it is.
Whether you’re a rental property owner looking over their applicant’s consumer report or a bank using public records to gauge landlord mortgage rates, it’s important to understand eviction record basics. What’s the difference between filing for an eviction versus an eviction record? How do you know if an eviction database is right for your study
Second to your name, your date of birth is one of the most important pieces of identifying information… and the state of Michigan (among many counties in California) wants to remove it from all of their public records. These new court record rules, which hide the date of birth from public criminal databases, diminishes the
The National Apartment Association has announced that it will be filing a lawsuit for compensation against the federal government. In a recently released email, NAA stated its lawsuit is for business losses suffered under the year and a half long eviction moratorium put up by the CDC. Below you will find the full email for
The Americans with Disabilities Act has been around since 1990, but has always been changing. With new technology comes new understanding. Everyone has very different needs, and there are always new ways to approach those needs to help out our customers and consumers. We’re proud to say that CIC now has brand new accessibility adjustments
We all know that times, they are a’changing. Despite the ever-present gridlock in our legal system, somehow when it comes to the rental housing industry and renter protection laws, things move fast. What’s allowed in one place is banned two doors down and congress can create new bills relatively fast that makes your once perfectly
