Nevada Legislature considers sealing COVID related eviction records
NEWS: AB 141 would scrub eviction records from a renter s history if it occurred during the coronavirus pandemic due to non-payment of rent.
and last updated 2021-03-10 09:27:34-05
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) â A bill working its way through the Nevada Legislature, AB141, would help renters who ve been evicted during the coronavirus pandemic find new housing easier without the burden of a tarnished record.
Assemblyman Howard Watts, D, District 15 sponsored the bill and has been getting flack from landlords and property owners concerned that the bill would hurt their industry that s already been dealt several bad hands during the pandemic-related economic crash.
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On December 8, 2020, AppFolio, Inc. reached a settlement with the FTC for alleged violations of the FCRA to the tune of $4.25 million. AppFolio provides tenant background screening reports about consumers to property management companies to help the companies, among other things, select tenants.
The FTC’s Complaint alleged that AppFolio, up until at least June 2019, was reporting Eviction Records and non-conviction criminal records that were more than seven years old in violation of the FCRA, 15 U.S.C §1681c(a). The Complaint further alleged that AppFolio violated the FCRA by failing to follow reasonable procedures to ensure that eviction and criminal records received from a third party were accurate before including that information in its reports. As a result of AppFolio’s failure to follow reasonable procedures to assure maximum accuracy, many of the Tenant Screening Reports that AppFolio provided included,
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