Michael Blake: “We need to end using credit scores for housing applications…”

“If you're in Washington, what is your concrete alternative to delivering federal resources to the Bronx without losing that committee momentum? We need to end using credit scores for housing applications because credit scores have been a discriminatory, racist policy. The best way to know if you can pay your rent or pay a mortgage is did you pay your rent?” (27:17–27:24)

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