Screening
Which modules influenced review
Adverse action
Adverse action belongs in the tenant screening workflow.
When consumer-report information affects a rental decision, operators need a clear handoff from report status to notice, support, and recordkeeping.
- 01Clarify decision owner
- 02Keep report source visible
- 03Record criteria context
- 04Route applicants
Short answer
What is adverse action in tenant screening?
Adverse action in tenant screening generally means a landlord or property manager takes an unfavorable action based in whole or in part on a consumer report. Burnt does not make leasing decisions, but it can keep package status, criteria context, and partner-report boundaries visible for operator workflows. Common notice elements include the reporting company contact information, the applicant's right to request a report copy, and the right to dispute inaccurate information.
Trust record
What should stay visible in the record.
Trust content should support the product workflow by making consent, partner boundaries, and review context easy to inspect.
Which criteria were configured
Partner report and dispute path context
Report-copy and dispute-rights reminder
Trust and compliance
Built around consent, criteria, and reviewable records.
Trust content should help buyers and applicants understand the workflow without taking attention away from the screening product itself.
Applicant consent
Screening begins with applicant authorization, clear package context, and a record of what the applicant completed.
FCRA partner modules
Credit, background, and eviction checks are presented as partner-powered modules with the right decision boundary made explicit.
Adverse-action context
Operators can keep report status, criteria, and applicant-support context together when consumer reports affect decisions.
Fair-housing consistency
Teams can organize packages and criteria by property or market so reviewers are not improvising applicant-by-applicant.
How it works
From application link to reviewable result.
Know the source
Identify whether the decision used credit, background, eviction, or other consumer-report information from a partner.
Use reviewed criteria
Apply the property team's published, counsel-reviewed criteria consistently.
Route the notice process
Follow the adverse-action process required by applicable law and partner materials, including report-copy and dispute-rights language where required.
Use cases
Designed for real rental workflows.
Whether you run one unit or a national portfolio, each workflow keeps the answer focused and the next step clear.
- Denied applications
- Conditional approvals
- Higher deposit decisions
- Manual review workflows
FAQ
Questions this page answers.
Tenant Screening by Burnt
Send the link. Guide the renter. Review one package.
Launch with screening links or talk through a portfolio workflow with the Burnt team.