CFPB Takes Aim at Misleading, Incomplete, and Old Information in Background Check Reports
New guidance addresses inaccurate background check reports and sloppy practices in providing workers and renters with copies of their reports.
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New guidance addresses inaccurate background check reports and sloppy practices in providing workers and renters with copies of their reports.
Governor Maura Healey signed a bill establishing Massachusetts as the fifth state to make prison phone calls free statewide and the first state to include provisions for free calls from county jails.
Joint enforcement action launched against TransUnion for failing to ensure that tenant screening reports were accurate.
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A new report from the National Consumer Law Center explains that the screening process is riddled with errors and bias that disproportionately harms Black and Latino/Hispanic renters.
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Massachusetts is poised to become the third state this year and fifth state overall to make prison calls free.
New rule would allow garnishment of up to half of an incarcerated person’s wages and three-quarters of funds sent by family members to cover fines, fees, and restitution WASHINGTON — Yesterday, advocates for incarcerated people and their loved ones expressed strong opposition to a Proposed Rule from the Bureau of Prisons (the “Bureau”) that would…