Tenant Screening in Pennsylvania

FCRA-compliant tenant screening for landlords in Pennsylvania — serving Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie, Reading and every other Pennsylvania market. Reports start at $24.99 with no subscription. Pennsylvania-specific reporting-law overlays are applied automatically before the landlord sees any record.

What landlords in Pennsylvania can include in a screening report

• Credit report and score — TransUnion VantageScore plus tradeline detail.
• Criminal background — nationwide criminal record search with Pennsylvania-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 Pennsylvania

Federal FCRA 7-year limit applies.

Statutory citation: 15 U.S.C. § 1681c

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 Pennsylvania

Federal FCRA 7-year limit applies for non-conviction items. Philadelphia has Fair Chance in Housing.

Fair housing in Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Human Relations Act applies in addition to the federal Fair Housing Act. Source of income is not a statewide protected class in Pennsylvania; check your municipal ordinance, which may add this protection locally.

Notable Pennsylvania considerations

Philadelphia has additional Fair Chance in Housing protections.

How RentalApplication.ai works for Pennsylvania 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.