# A federal court approved a settlement under which SafeRent will not put a screening score on reports for housing-voucher applicants and must give the underlying information instead

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20241120-property-manager-5
Date: 2024-11-20 · Stage: Constraint
Can this record move a task judgement? yes
Occupation: https://flyvolo.ai/en/careers/property-manager

## Scope

Massachusetts, United States. The court finally approved a class settlement covering housing-voucher holders denied housing in Massachusetts because of their SafeRent Score. Under the settlement agreement (Doc. 114-1), for customers using the "affordable" score model SafeRent will not include a SafeRent Score or an accept/decline recommendation on the report but will provide the underlying information; for its other models, customers must certify that the applicant is not a voucher recipient or the score is likewise left off. The practices run for five years.

## Source

- U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts — Louis v. SafeRent Solutions, No. 1:22-cv-10800, Final Approval Order (Doc. 135, November 20, 2024; via CourtListener RECAP) — https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.245090/gov.uscourts.mad.245090.135.0.pdf (primary source)

## What this means

An automated screening score has to come off reports for one group of applicants, leaving the decision to people reading the underlying information.

## What it does not show yet

One vendor, one state and one group of applicants; it does not cover other screening tools.

## How to verify it yourself

Check whether the screening reports you use give a score or a recommendation, and for which applicants.


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