Code · BILL · 118th Congress · S. 3561 (Introduced in Senate) — To protect consumers from price gouging of residential rental and sale prices, and for other purposes. · Sec. 7

Sec. 7. Identification of unfair screening practices

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The Secretary, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall jointly— carry out a program to collect information to identify practices that unfairly prevent applicants and tenants of rental housing from accessing or staying in housing, including the establishment and use of tenant or applicant background checks, the use of algorithms in tenant screenings, the provision of adverse action notices by landlords and property management companies, and the use of information regarding tenant income sources; and submit a report to the Congress annually describing the information collected under the program carried out pursuant to paragraph (1).