Overcoming Barriers to Housing and Credit

This virtual event will cover:

• An examination of the barriers to safe, affordable, and accessible housing for older Americans, disabled consumers, and renters
• A look at the structural barriers and biases that impede access to affordable credit and financial services
• A discussion on how persistent barriers to housing and access to essential financial services are impacting certain communities
• Solutions, such as special purpose credit programs (SPCPs), and common-sense policy reform, such as eviction record expungement, that can increase access to housing.
• Ways lawmakers and public, private, and community-based organizations can work together to restore trust by ensuring equal access to credit and housing for all consumers.