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A renter-powered network

One network. Every renter, everywhere.

Housing Transparency Network is building the case that renters deserve the same information landlords already have on them — starting city by city, powered by the people who've actually lived there.

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Knock B4 U Rent is live now, searchable nationwide, with official records integration currently covering Los Angeles, CA

Mission

Landlords already know everything about you. It's time that went both ways.

Renters move into the unknown constantly — a new landlord, a new city, a new lease — with almost none of the information the landlord already has on them. Housing Transparency Network exists to close that gap, everywhere renting happens.

The network

Housing Transparency Network

The mission, the standards, and the organization behind every tool we build. This is the "why" — the commitment that no landlord can ever pay to influence what renters see.

The tool, live today

Knock B4 U Rent

Our flagship product — a free, searchable database of renter reports, official records cross-checks, and tenant resources. Nationwide search, expanding official integrations city by city.

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What's next

City by city

Every new city means a new official records integration and local outreach — not a rebuild. The tool grows; the mission stays exactly the same.

Where we operate

Live now, growing deliberately

We'd rather do one city right than ten cities halfway. Here's exactly where things stand.

LocationRenter reports & searchOfficial records integrationStatus
Los Angeles, CA Live Live (LA Housing Dept. lookup) Live
Nationwide Live (search works for any address or landlord) Generic public-records search fallback Live
Additional CA & U.S. cities Live Planned, added as we expand Planned

Want your city prioritized?

Tell us where you're renting and we'll factor it directly into which city gets an official-records integration next.

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Need to talk it through with someone who's lived it?

1:1 coaching from our founder — a renter, transplant, and parent who's navigated this system directly — is available through Knock B4 U Rent.

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Support this network

Help us reach the next city.

Housing Transparency Network doesn't take money from landlords or property managers, and never will. Growth — new cities, new records integrations, new resources — is funded by renters and allies who believe this should exist.

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