Fairness, Transparency and Accountability in Credit and Consumer Reporting

The webinar will cover (1.5 Hours)
– How background check reports that include criminal and eviction records have been used to unfairly deny consumers jobs and housing, and how recent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) guidance is designed to lead to greater accuracy and accountability in these critical reports;

– How consumers have been denied access to credit and consumer reports and what the CFPB is doing to help improve fairness and transparency in reporting;

– How new HUD guidance is helping protect rental housing applicants from discriminatory tenant screening practices;

– Proposals to restrict the inclusion of medical bills on credit reports;

– Practical steps consumers can take to help ensure that their credit and consumer reports are accurate and how to resolve problems with credit and consumer reporting agencies when they are not.