Newspaper ads are inexpensive.Note: develop your rental policy to avoid people wasting your time (3x rent, pets, smokers, application fee, proof of income, credit/criminal background, etc.)

Minimum credit score, minimum income, no evictions, no felonies in past 5 years, no sex offenses, 

Make a written evaluation of each applicant:Keeps appointment - On time/Late but called/Late, no callCleanliness - Neatly dressed/Messy/Trashy  -  Vehicle clean/Messy/TrashySocial Media - Posts clean & polite/Crude/Promoting illegal activity/Partier/No posts foundDisposition - Agreeable/Polite/Pleasant/Rude/OffensiveType up a simple form and add the above to your current credit, income, criminal, and reference standards.

Not the other way around.No offense those who are legal council have most problem finding a landlord.

If you then tell about his offense, it's a slippery slope-- will you be notifying neighbors of others bad behaviors like  misdemeanors too?   

@Grant Mone  No offense, but you sound like you are all over the place so a mentor probably couldn't help much yet.  

With the new HUD rules on screening for criminal background, has anyone developed written criteria to give potential tenants?

@Mark Golden read this article. https://homeguides.sfgate.com/can-deny-tenant-criminal-record-ca578.htmllifornia-93You have to set up your rental criteria.

Out of all the anti-landlord measures that they were considering, this is the least offensive one.

If you don’t want to go that route, it’s their responsibility to get it to you in time.But, for your specific incident, I would respond with a ‘Please don’t take offense.