Tenant Screening

For Landlords

Tenant screening that respects the OHRC

AI-assisted application review focused on the signals the LTB and the Ontario Human Rights Code consider legitimate — income, references, payment history. Compliant by design.

01 / A complete

A complete picture from one application

Each application aggregates documents, references and verification into a single profile. The AI summarises strengths and risks — never flagging protected characteristics.

  • Income confirmation from pay stubs and bank statements
  • Verified landlord and employer references
  • Self-reported and verified rental history
  • Optional credit and identity verification
SC
Sarah Chen
Applied Apr 24 · 226 Davis Rd
87
/ 100
Income confirmed$5,200/mo · 2.4× rent
Landlord references2 of 2 verified
Rental history4 yrs · no disputes
Credit checkOptional · skipped
02 / Designed around

Designed around the Human Rights Code

Ontario landlords cannot use family status, citizenship, race, age or receipt of public assistance to refuse an applicant. Nest Mate’s decision report is engineered to surface income-and-history signals only.

  • No proxy signals like postal-code stigmatisation
  • Public-assistance income counted equally with employment
  • Family-status and citizenship fields suppressed in AI input
  • Audit trail of every decision factor — defensible at the LTB
Decision factors
Fair housing
Allowed
  • Income to rent ratio
  • Verified references
  • Payment history
  • Rental tenure
Suppressed
  • Family status
  • Citizenship
  • Age
  • Public assistance
03 / Faster decisions

Faster decisions when tenants arrive with a Passport

Applicants who already keep a Tenant Passport on Nest Mate arrive pre-verified — pay stubs, government ID and prior-tenancy references are attached the moment they apply. Your decision report fills itself in instead of waiting on follow-ups.

  • Income, employment and references pre-attached on apply
  • Document verification badges carry over from prior tenancies
  • One-tap attach — no email back-and-forth for missing files
  • The tenant controls exactly what each landlord sees
MR
Maya Rodriguez
Passport · Verified Apr 2026
Government IDVerified
Income · 2 pay stubsVerified
References · 2 of 2Verified
Rental history · 4 yrsSelf-reported
How it works

Set up in minutes.

01

Tenant applies

Through your listing or by direct invite. They attach Passport documents.

02

AI summarises

Risk flags, strengths and OHRC-compliant decision factors in a one-page report.

03

You decide

Approve, request more info, or decline with documented, lawful reasons.

Why people pick Nest Mate

The short version.

  • Built around what the OHRC actually allows you to use
  • No proxy discrimination — defensible at the LTB
  • Tenants see exactly what you checked
  • Documents reused via the Tenant Passport
  • Decision rationale logged in the audit trail
  • Free Lease Risk Simulator on the public tools page
Get started

Make every tenancy a record that holds up.

Free for your first property. No credit card. Your data stays in Canada — and exports as a ZIP whenever you ask.

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