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Michael Blake: “The city is doing it [expanding credit scores for housing…”

Featuring: Michael Blake, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House New York, District 15

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Michael Blake Discusses New York City Mayoral Candidacy and Policy Proposals on The Breakfast Club

Published | Video Starts at 21:31

And credit scores, when it comes to housing applications, expand that out. You do that, which we know we can do because The city is doing it [expanding credit scores for housing applications] to a limited degree. Increase the income limits, do that, and then have a local median income. That out the gate changes the game. And each of those three are happening in other places. (21:31–21:33)

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Asserts that the city is already expanding credit scores for housing applications to some extent.

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