Real Estate/Development,
Consumer Law
Oct. 15, 2024
Tenants sue over access to investigative reports
Dozens of tenants claimed a landlord failed to furnish them with investigative reports ordered when they rented their dwellings. Tenant advocates say they've never heard of the law underpinning the case.
Dozens of lawsuits claiming that a corporate landlord broke the law by failing to furnish tenants with the investigative reports purportedly ordered when they submitted their rental applications present a novel yet potentially lucrative use of a decades-old California statute. The Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act underpins nearly 40 actions and allegedly provides at least $10,000 in statutory damages per plaintiff, but several tenant advocates said they have never heard of it....
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