Tenancy: application screening fee.

Existing law authorizes a landlord or their agent, when they receive a request to rent a residential property, to charge an application screening fee to cover the cost of obtaining information about the applicant. Existing law also prohibits a landlord or their agent from charging an applicant an application screening fee when they know or should have known that no rental unit is available at that time or will be available within a reasonable period of time, unless the applicant agrees in writing. Existing law also requires a landlord or their agent, if an applicant that has paid an application screening fee makes a request, to provide a copy of the consumer credit report to the applicant…