Tenant Screening in Connecticut

FCRA-compliant tenant screening for landlords in Connecticut — serving Bridgeport, New Haven, Hartford, Stamford, Waterbury and every other Connecticut market. Reports start at $24.99 with no subscription. Connecticut-specific reporting-law overlays are applied automatically before the landlord sees any record.

What landlords in Connecticut can include in a screening report

• Credit report and score — TransUnion VantageScore plus tradeline detail.
• Criminal background — nationwide criminal record search with Connecticut-specific look-back limits applied.
• Eviction / housing-court records — sealed, dismissed, and time-barred records filtered before they reach you.
• Income verification — optional payroll + bank-link verification via Pinwheel.
• AI landlord reference call — optional AI agent calls the applicant’s prior landlord and produces a structured summary.

Eviction record reporting in Connecticut

Connecticut requires sealed eviction cases be excluded from consumer reports.

Statutory citation: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47a-15

How reporting limits interact with what you may lawfully consider is covered in what landlords can screen for and the investigative consumer report explainer.

Criminal-record reporting in Connecticut

Connecticut limits consumer reports to convictions within the past seven years.

Fair housing in Connecticut

The Connecticut Fair Housing Act applies in addition to the federal Fair Housing Act. Source of income is a protected class statewide in Connecticut — landlords may not refuse to consider an applicant solely because they intend to pay with a housing-choice voucher or similar lawful source.

Notable Connecticut considerations

Source of income is a protected class statewide.

How RentalApplication.ai works for Connecticut landlords

1. You start a screening at rentalapplication.ai/apply. Enter the applicant’s name and email; pick the reports you want.
2. The applicant gets an email with a secure link, completes the application, and authorizes the screening (FCRA § 1681b(b)(2)).
3. The applicant pays at the moment of submission (or you can land-lord-pay).
4. Reports are delivered to you in minutes (credit) to a few hours (housing/criminal). State-law overlays are applied before the landlord sees any record.
5. If you decline based on the report, we generate the FCRA § 1681m adverse-action notice for you.

This page is an informational summary, not legal advice. State and local landlord-tenant law changes frequently — verify against current statute and local counsel before relying on this content. RentalApplication.ai is a reseller of consumer reports under FCRA § 1681a(u) and does not make tenancy decisions. The landlord (the “end user”) is the party who decides whether to approve or deny an application.