Maryland SB937 regulates the use of criminal history records in residential leasing, limiting when and how landlords can consider criminal.
Maryland SB937, known as the Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act, modifies how landlords can use criminal history records in the residential leasing process. The bill mandates that landlords conduct criminal history records checks for all prospective tenants. However, landlords can only consider certain criminal convictions after extending a conditional offer. These convictions include murder in the first or second degree, human trafficking, and specific sex offenses.
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