February 23, 2026
A company that screens potential tenants' criminal and credit histories on behalf of landlords cannot be held liable under the Fair Housing Act for blocking a disabled man from moving in with his mother because it did not actually make the housing decision, a Second Circuit panel held in a precedent-setting opinion.
November 20, 2024
A Second Circuit panel appeared skeptical Wednesday that a Connecticut federal judge used the wrong analysis to find that a tenant screener's criminal history reporting practices do not violate the Fair Housing Act, grilling counsel for the federal government about the lower court's process.
November 28, 2023
A Connecticut federal court was wrong to rule that a tenant background screening company cannot violate the federal Fair Housing Act based on a finding that it does not make rental decisions, the United States has argued in an amicus brief to the Second Circuit.