Screening Criteria
The published standards used to approve or decline applicants.
Definition
Screening Criteria is The published standards used to approve or decline applicants. It comes up most often when an application is being approved, held, or declined and the team has to explain why.
The term keeps showing up because consistent decision rules reduce fair-housing risk and keep bad approvals from slipping through. The term usually sits next to documentation, score thresholds, and final reviewer notes.
Use cases
Use Screening Criteria to show why an application was approved, held, or declined.
Review Screening Criteria when the team needs to defend the decision against the published screening standard.
Track Screening Criteria so operations can keep reviewer notes, evidence, and outcomes tied together.