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If you've ever tried to rent an apartment, accepted a job offer, or been accepted to a university, you likely had to complete a background check. Losing horns if you had to pay for that background check yourself.
If you're living in that apartment or working that job, good for you! That means you passed the background check! But many people, for a variety of different reasons beyond their control, might not.
Ariel Nelson, Attorney with the National Consumer Law Center, explains all the problems in the industry that has sprung up around background checks and the challenges it creates, especially for certain communities.
Read Ariel's testimony before the House Economic Matters Committee of the Maryland General Assembly and the accompanying report: https://www.nclc.org/images/pdf/credit_reports/HB0642_NCLC_Nelson_testimony.pdf
Connect with the NCLC: https://twitter.com/NCLC4consumers
Follow along on the internet: https://www.instagram.com/tcbrpod/ https://twitter.com/TCBRpod https://thatcantberight.substack.com/
Follow Rhian on the internet: https://twitter.com/RhiansHope https://www.instagram.com/rhianshope/ https://www.joinclubhouse.com/@rhianshope
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If you've ever tried to rent an apartment, accepted a job offer, or been accepted to a university, you likely had to complete a background check. Losing horns if you had to pay for that background check yourself.
If you're living in that apartment or working that job, good for you! That means you passed the background check! But many people, for a variety of different reasons beyond their control, might not.
Ariel Nelson, Attorney with the National Consumer Law Center, explains all the problems in the industry that has sprung up around background checks and the challenges it creates, especially for certain communities.
Read Ariel's testimony before the House Economic Matters Committee of the Maryland General Assembly and the accompanying report: https://www.nclc.org/images/pdf/credit_reports/HB0642_NCLC_Nelson_testimony.pdf
Connect with the NCLC: https://twitter.com/NCLC4consumers
Follow along on the internet: https://www.instagram.com/tcbrpod/ https://twitter.com/TCBRpod https://thatcantberight.substack.com/
Follow Rhian on the internet: https://twitter.com/RhiansHope https://www.instagram.com/rhianshope/ https://www.joinclubhouse.com/@rhianshope