HUD Takes Aim at Discriminatory Practices by Tenant Screening Companies and Housing Providers
New guidance addresses how the Fair Housing Act protects renters from common tenant screening practices, including use of AI
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New guidance addresses how the Fair Housing Act protects renters from common tenant screening practices, including use of AI
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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June 28, 2022 CFPB Interpretive Rule Clarifies that Scope of Federal Preemption is Narrow and Targeted BOSTON – Today, advocates at the National Consumer Law Center commended the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for affirming the authority of states to regulate credit bureaus, tenant screening companies, and background check agencies, with only limited restrictions. The CFPB…
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May 25, 2022 Federal Lawsuit Alleges SafeRent Solutions Violated the Fair Housing Act, State Law by Discriminating Against Black and Hispanic Voucher Holders in Tenant Screenings SafeRent Employs Algorithm That Assigns Disproportionately Lower “SafeRent Scores” to Black and Hispanic Applicants BOSTON– A lawsuit filed today in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against…
November 4, 2021 BOSTON – National Consumer Law Center advocates applaud the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) advisory opinion affirming that consumer reporting agencies, including tenant and employment screening companies, violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act if they use name-only matching or other insufficient matching procedures to match information to a consumer. “Too many people…