Executive Summary Three Maryland tenant screening laws took effect on October 1, 2026. HB 573 (Chapter 778) writes disparate impact liability into the state fair housing statute, SB 937 (Chapter 752) is the Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act, and HB 315 (Chapter 772) limits how credit scores and income ratios can be applied to applicants…
Executive Summary Colorado SB 26-189, signed May 14, 2026 and codified at C.R.S. 6-1-1701 through 6-1-1709, names “the lease or purchase of residential real estate in Colorado” as a covered domain. A landlord doing business in Colorado whose screening tool materially influences a consequential decision about Colorado housing becomes a regulated deployer on January 1,…
Executive Summary Four states now restrict specified forms of algorithmic and coordinated rent pricing: New York effective December 15, 2025, California and Connecticut January 1, 2026, and New Jersey July 1, 2027. These are not blanket bans on software or machine learning in rent setting. They target tools that pool or coordinate data across unaffiliated…
