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
It may not be Thanksgiving, but we want to thank you. CIC wouldn’t be what it is today without people like you! You’re our favorite people and we want to know, are we one of yours? To say thanks for supporting us, we’re getting ready to raffle off a $100 dollar gift card! CIC is
There is one thing the past few years have taught us: laws in our industry are always changing. It’s not just the federal courts constantly twisting this way and that passing tenant protections but states putting up rules about how high fences should be or how many years a criminal search can go back. Trying
What’s in this Article: From January through March, many applicants had an eviction record. As eviction moratoriums end, pro-tenant legislation could threaten data use. This quarter, criminal hits on background reports have dropped slightly. The dip could mean 2 things. CIC has released the data analysis regarding both eviction and criminal hits for the first
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has officially backed up the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) eviction moratorium. The CDC’s moratorium was recently extended through June 30th, making the entire thing last over a year long. With over nine million families having overdue rent, some rental property owners have been struggling to find ways to
What’s in this Article: CA Gov. Newsom signed SB 91 into law on January 29, 2021 Owners and Property Managers may receive up to 80% lost rent money from the time period between April 1, 2020 and March 31st, 2021 CRAs should not include negative debt allegedly tied to COVID-19 hardship; Including this debt on