San Francisco, California · California Civil Code § 1950.6 (AB 2493)
On the A-du Platform, the Landlord pays A-du to commission the tenant screening report through A-du's screening partner. There is no charge to you, the prospective tenant, to apply, to be screened, or to create, maintain, or share a Portable Screening Profile.
California Civil Code § 1950.6, as amended by AB 2493, caps any application screening fee that a landlord may charge a prospective tenant at the lower of the statutory CPI-adjusted ceiling ($65.86 per application for 2026) or the landlord's actual out-of-pocket costs for obtaining information about you. Because A-du's screening is funded by the Landlord and you are never charged, that cap is not implicated. This is a structural feature of the A-du Platform and does not reduce any of your substantive rights described below.
AB 2493 permits landlords to choose one of two application processing methods. A-du's platform enforces the First-Come-First-Served method exclusively for every listing. Landlords using A-du may not elect the alternative full-refund model, because the A-du reservation flow is ordered by applicant timestamp and does not support parallel paid screening of competing applicants.
A-du offers a Portable Screening Profile that you may reuse across multiple landlords on the A-du Platform.
Many San Francisco rental units (generally those in buildings with a certificate of occupancy issued before June 13, 1979, subject to statutory exemptions) are covered by the San Francisco Rent Ordinance, which limits annual rent increases to the amount announced by the San Francisco Rent Board and requires just cause for eviction (Admin. Code § 37.9). Newly constructed ADUs are typically exempt from the rent-increase limits under state law (Costa-Hawkins) but may still be subject to just-cause protections; some ADUs legalized or constructed under San Francisco's local ADU programs are subject to the Rent Ordinance as a condition of approval. Ask your landlord for the unit's Rent Ordinance status, and contact the San Francisco Rent Board with questions: 415-252-4600, sf.gov/departments/rent-board.
San Francisco requires landlords to pay tenants annual interest on security deposits held longer than one year, at the rate published each year by the San Francisco Rent Board. This is in addition to the state-law deposit limits and return requirements under California Civil Code § 1950.5 (as amended by AB 12).
San Francisco's Fair Chance Ordinance restricts how covered housing providers (including providers of affordable and city-funded housing) may inquire about and use criminal history. It limits when in the application process conviction history may be considered, sets look-back limits, and requires an individualized assessment. A-du's screening and adverse-action flows are designed to support these requirements.
Whenever a screening fee is charged, AB 2493 entitles the applicant to an itemized receipt showing the actual out-of-pocket costs incurred. On A-du the Landlord funds the report and receives the receipt; results relevant to you are available through your account.
If your application is denied based in whole or in part on information in a consumer report, you are entitled to an adverse action notice under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. § 1681m) identifying the consumer reporting agency and informing you of your right to a free copy of the report and your right to dispute its accuracy.
The California Fair Employment and Housing Act prohibits discrimination based on lawful source of income, including Section 8 / Housing Choice Vouchers and other rental subsidies. Screening practices on A-du must comply with these protections.
Screening practices on A-du must comply with the federal Fair Housing Act, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, San Francisco Police Code Articles 33 and 49, and A-du's own Fair Housing Policy. If you believe a screening decision reflects unlawful discrimination, you may contact fairhousing@a-du.homes and file a complaint with the California Civil Rights Department, the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, and HUD.
Questions about screening? Contact A-du Support: support@a-du.homes