Michael Blake: “We should eliminate credit scores being used for rent…”

“Those are practical steps. Now next step, how do we change what's happening around housing? Housing and child care, the two fundamental expenses when it comes to our affordability. We should eliminate credit scores being used for rent homeownership applications. It is a discriminatory practice. It is not a true articulation of how someone actually is going to pay their bills. If someone missed a phone bill 10 years ago, but they paid their rent 10 years in a row, that's the clear barometer.” (08:06–08:13)

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