May 24, 2018 Grace Hill Training Tip of the Week Review Your Screening Policies Regularly The National Fair Housing Alliance’s recent publication, Making Every Neighborhood a Place of Opportunity: 2018 Fair Housing Trends Reportis full of useful information about the state of fair housing in our nation, 50 years after the passage of the Fair Housing Act. […]
Assistance Animals Are Not Pets–Repeat–Assistance Animals Are Not Pets
http://rentalhousingjournal.com/articles/2018/07/06/assistance-animals-are-not-pets%E2%80%93repeat%E2%80%93assistance-animals-are-not-pets “I didn’t know” is not an acceptable defense if you face a discrimination charge, so the Grace Hill training tip of the week focuses on repeating advice that assistance animals are not pets when it comes to leasing your rentals. By Ellen Clark The typical story goes like this, where a prospective renter provides documentation from […]
Evictions: They Are Not The Terrible Landlord’s Fault
July 10, 2018 Evictions are an awful side of the rental housing business that causes pain for both tenants who need a place to live and landlords who have to run a business. A book that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2017, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, by Matthew Desmond, looks at how mass evictions […]
New law targets discrimination against low-income renters
OLYMPIA – Washington landlords can’t turn down prospective tenants or evict current ones for paying some of their rent with vouchers or other government aid, a new law says. A change to the Residential Landlord-Tenant Act, signed Thursday by Gov. Jay Inslee, prohibits discrimination against tenants based on their source of income, and allows for […]
Statewide Legislative Affairs Updates
State Government Affairs Updates The 2018 Regular Session convened on January 8, 2018 and ended on March 8, 2018. Below is a summary of certain key employment law proposals in Washington State, as well as other case law that may affect human resource management in Washington State. The following bills have been signed by the Governor: Washington Fair […]
State Legislature Passes E3SHB 2578 regarding Source of Income
MARCH 15, 2018 Posted By: Brett WallerAdvocacy News Washington Multi-Family Housing Association (WMFHA) welcomes the passage of Engrossed Third Substitute House Bill 2578 establishing statewide source of income protections, and creating the Landlord Mitigation Fund in statute. The new law, which will take effect September 30, decreases the burdens on rental housing providers associated with participation […]
Consumer FAQs
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) – The federal law that regulates the collection, dissemination, and use of consumer information, including consumer credit information. The Fair Credit Reporting Act can be found at, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. and also electronically at www.ftc.gov. Adverse Action (related to employment) – The two-step process an employer is […]
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND SCREENING CONSUMER BENEFITS
Roles and Responsibilities Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act Benefits of Using a Professional Background Screening Firm TENANT AND EMPLOYMENT SCREENING www.orcainformation.com Tenant Investigations Pre-Employment Background Check Consumer Credit Report
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND SCREENING PROCESS
Consumer Protection, It’s the Law. Professional Screening Firms operate in a controlled, regulated and transparent process pursuant to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The FCRA has several requirements for Professional Screening Firms, including, but not limited to, the following… Employers and property managers contract with Professional Screening Firms to ensure applicant screening is compliant […]
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND SCREENING BASICS
TENANT AND EMPLOYMENT SCREENING www.orcainformation.com Tenant Investigations Pre-Employment Background Check Consumer Credit Report