I'm not sure what it has to do with your question, which was "The FCRA was designed to prevent this kind of thing. I wonder how they get around it?". Landlord

I'm not sure what it has to do with your question, which was "The FCRA was designed to prevent this kind of thing. I wonder how they get around it?". Landlords have permissible purpose to check your credit report, so they aren't "getting around it".