• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    It depends on your age and where you live. You may have gotten into housing, an insurance policy, or your gig before this trend took off.

    It’s now a big enough problem that a handful of states have started to draft and pass legislation that bans credit checks for insurance, housing, and employment. So, if you’re in a place like CA or MA, you might not notice that this is fair game in most of America.

    That said, a lot of this fuckery is still super common and fair game in most of the US.

    • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Housing: 6 years ago

      Car insurance: I think about 3 maybe 2.

      Job: 3.5 years ago

      Do not live in CA or MA or a state that has rules like that. In fact 11 years ago a landlord did ask me and I said no. She backed down when I said I wasn’t going to bend on the issue. Of all the places in my life this was the only one that asked.

      But yeah you continue to worry