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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Amicus Brief: City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson
Formerly Incarcerated, Convicted People and Families Movement, The Shriver Center on Poverty Law, and the National Consumer Law Center submitted an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court in support of the respondents in City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson. The case involves a constitutional challenge to a city ordinance that imposes both…
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Credit, Debt, and Foreclosure - Consumer Law Basics
This free, four-part consumer debt program provided the knowledge attorneys need to assist low-to-moderate-income clients.
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Consumer Law Basics: Fair Credit Reporting Act & Tenant Screening
This webinar will provide an overview of the basics of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
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FTC and CFPB Take Action Against Faulty Tenant Screening Reports
Joint enforcement action launched against TransUnion for failing to ensure that tenant screening reports were accurate.
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New Report Examines How Abuse and Bias in Tenant Screening Harm Renters
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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Digital Denials: How Abuse, Bias, and Lack of Transparency in Tenant Screening Harm Renters
Landlords in the United States almost always engage in some form of screening of rental applicants. This screening often involves reports or scores purchased from specialized tenant screening consumer reporting agencies (CRAs). The reports typically combine information about eviction filings, criminal records, and credit history. Often the reports include a score or recommendation based on these records, and in some cases, this score or recommendation is the only information conveyed to the landlord.
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2024 Credit & Consumer Reporting Priorities to Promote Economic Stability
Credit reports and scores, tenant and employment screening reports, and other background checks all impact fundamental necessities in a consumer’s life: the ability to rent an apartment or buy a home, obtain insurance, find a job, open or keep a bank account, and obtain fairly priced credit. Yet each one of these categories of “consumer…
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Testimony of NCLC Staff Attorney Ariel Nelson Supporting CT HB 6528
Written Testimony of Ariel Nelson, Staff Attorney at the National Consumer Law Center in Support of H.B. 6528 before the Housing Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly, 2021 Regular Session
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