Connecticut Fair Housing Ctr et al v. CoreLogic Rental Property Solutions, LLC

  1. August 15, 2023

    CoreLogic Launches Appeal Amid Screening Tool Fight

    A tenant screening company accused of deploying a racially and ethnically discriminatory screening tool cross-appealed a Connecticut federal court's ruling largely in its favor, challenging a finding that its actions violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

  2. August 07, 2023

    Fair Housing Group Appeals CoreLogic Screening Tool Ruling

    The Connecticut Fair Housing Center on Friday appealed a ruling that found property information company CoreLogic was not liable for violations under the Fair Housing Act when it furnished a criminal history report to a property manager that ultimately denied a disabled man's application to move in with his mother.

  3. July 20, 2023

    Tenant Screener Not Liable Over Criminal Report, Judge Says

    A tenant background screening company does not make housing decisions and thus cannot be held liable for the rejection of an apartment application based on a criminal history report that it generated, a Connecticut federal judge ruled Thursday.

  4. November 08, 2022

    Tenant Screener Says Tool Is Unfairly Attacked As Trial Closes

    A tenant screening company said during closing arguments Tuesday that its criminal record filtering product has been unfairly attacked in a misguided case, while plaintiffs argued the tool delivers tenancy decisions that disproportionately harm Black and Latino applicants.

  5. November 07, 2022

    Highlights From Tenant Screener Trial As Closing Args Loom

    Tuesday is expected to mark the final day of a novel federal bench trial in Hartford, Connecticut, that will determine if a tenant-screening company's conduct was racially and ethnically discriminatory in violation of the Fair Housing Act.

  6. October 24, 2022

    Discrimination Trial Against Tenant Screener Restarts In Conn.

    An expert witness testified Monday that a tenant screening tool disproportionately limits options for Black and Latino renters in Connecticut compared to their white counterparts, as a federal housing discrimination trial resumed in Hartford after a lengthy hiatus.

  7. March 14, 2022

    Screener Called Key To Tenancy Decision As Trial Opens

    Counsel accused a third-party tenant screening company during trial openings Monday of conditioning housing providers to rely on its background check reports to grant or deny tenancies, while SafeRent Solutions argued that its role in the process is limited.

  8. March 11, 2022

    Trial To Ask: Was Tenant Screener's Conduct Discriminatory?

    A bench trial starting Monday in Connecticut federal court will determine if a third-party company's conduct while screening tenants was racially discriminatory in violation of the Fair Housing Act, a claim that is typically leveled at individual housing providers.

  9. January 03, 2022

    3 Real Estate Cases To Watch In 2022

    While the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic is still front of mind for real estate attorneys, a diverse range of legal challenges are expected to take the spotlight in 2022, touching on everything from fair housing law to eminent domain.