Renting in Colorado just got fairer

Because renting is already expensive, and applying shouldn’t make it worse. Renters pay again and again to prove the same information. Portable tenant screening reports were created to fix that, but most tools never delivered on the promise. We’re building Rentell so renters can use one verified report for 30 days and only pay once.

A Portable Tenant Screening Report (PTSR) is a reusable background check that a renter can purchase and share with multiple property managers for rental applications. Instead of paying every time you apply, you build one report that includes your identity, credit, income, and background information. You own it, and you decide where to share it.

Colorado law (HB23-1099) gives renters the right to use a Portable Tenant Screening Report (PTSR) instead of paying for a new application every time they apply for housing. If your PTSR is valid — created by a consumer reporting agency, includes the required checks, and is less than 30 days old — most property managers must accept it and cannot charge you an application fee.

There is one exception: a property manager doesn’t have to accept a PTSR if they only take one application fee at a time for a unit and refund that fee within 20 days when they decline to offer a lease. If they collect more than one application fee at once, or they don’t provide timely refunds, then they are required to accept a PTSR.

In most rental situations where multiple people are applying or fees are collected routinely, the law protects renters and the property manager must accept a portable report.

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