CBA’s Evidence of the Demonstrated Benefits of Rent Reporting

CBA’s Evidence of the Demonstrated Benefits of Rent Reporting Credit Builders Alliance (CBA) has been actively involved in rent reporting as a credit building strategy since 2012. During that time, CBA has led over 50 affordable housing providers through the…

New VantageScore Study Reinforces the Benefits of Rent Reporting for Thin File & Credit Invisible Renters

New VantageScore Study Reinforces the Benefits of Rent Reporting for Thin File & Credit Invisible Renters Did you know that there are 44 million renter households in America, but less than 5% of those households have their rents reported to…

Freddie Mac Incentivizes Housing Developers to Offer Rent Reporting

Freddie Mac Incentivizes Housing Developers to Offer Rent Reporting CBA’s Annual Symposium last month was just in time for an exciting announcement: Freddie Mac will now incentivize owner/operators of multifamily properties to report rental payments to the three major credit…

California’s rent reporting implementation deadline is fast approaching!

California’s rent reporting implementation deadline is fast approaching! SB1157 is a first in the nation legislation that requires California landlords who receive local, state or federal housing subsidies to offer their residents the option of having their rental payments reported…
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Fannie Mae Embraces the Predictive Power of Rental Payment History

Fannie Mae Embraces the Predictive Power of Rental Payment History Realizing the predictive power of rental payment history, as of September 18, 2021, Fannie Mae will incorporate consumer rent payments within its automated underwriting system, Desktop Underwriter®. One of the…

Funding Alert: for affordable housing providers in the mid-Atlantic

Grants & Technical Assistance for affordable housing providers in the mid-Atlantic interested in Implementing rent reporting! Apply by 8/20/21 LEARN MORE With generous support from the TD Charitable Foundation, CBA is offering funding and Technical Assistance to housing providers seeking…