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How Your Shadow Credit Score Could Decide Whether You Get an Apartment - ProPublica
Tenant screening companies assign renters a score drawn from data far wider than credit history, an industry subject to less regulation than credit scoring agencies. ProPublica reports that experts warn these algorithms can decide who gets an apartment on the basis of information applicants cannot see or correct. Kim Fuller was denied a rental application on such a score.
- Date it happened
- 2021-06-01
- Organisation involved
- Habitat America
- Product, system or model
- RentGrow
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