s Fair Screening

How screening works

When you apply for an apartment, you go through a process called tenant screening. The process usually works like this:

  1. You apply to rent a home.
  2. The landlord hires a screening company to write a report about you, called the tenant screening report.
  3. The landlord reviews your screening report.
  4. Your screening report may include your:
  5. The landlord decides whether to rent the home to you, usually based in part on your screening report.

Fair Screening will help you request a copy of your screening report, so that you can see what the landlord sees when you apply for an apartment. You provide the personal information required to receive a copy of your report, and Fair Screening sends your request to your choice of tenant screening companies.

Fair Screening can send report requests to the following tenant screening companies:

If you applied for housing in Illinois, Fair Screening can also help you review the report for: