Colleagues and community friends:

Thank you for the robust comments on the issue(s) of screening reports and fees.

· To make all of you aware, as one of the co-leads for our Coalition Advocacy Group, throughout today I have been having brief offline email conversations with a few of you about screening fees.

· On behalf of the Coalition, I am volunteering to take brief lead to do some preliminary research on the matter, and then will follow-up with the rest of the Advocacy Group for more discussion and possible plan/course of action. Please recognize we are doing this within the context and capacities of our regular work days and schedules. Looking to understand and consider what tangible action, if any, we might create and achieve.

· If any of you have other comments or stories on this particular matter, please email me directly offline so I can collate information.

o I may be reaching out (offline) to those of you who have already commented on this thread to garner more perspective.

· Please stay tuned.  Likely any updates will come through the Advocacy Group at Friday meetings.

Thanks again, all – the energy generated here is motivating! J

Signing off – and happy (dark) afternoon!

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From: fullcoalition@list.pchomeless.org [mailto:fullcoalition@list.pchomeless.org] On Behalf Of Amanda Johnston
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 9:29 AM
To: Allen Ratcliffe
Cc: Jessica Means; fullcoalition@list.pchomeless.org
Subject: Re: Homeless Coalition - Help with screening fees

Yes please so many people are going through this I’ve been asking everyone who do we talk to? These people have their credit pulled so many times finding a place only to see their credit go down and then it’s not an option because of to many credit inquires or credit score. I also agree the validity should still be the same I don’t understand why it’s not. I do know that many different landlords pull credit reports from different agencies. And many screen for certain things that others don’t l don’t understand why it can’t be just like suggested the unofficial transcripts ?

Sent from my iPhone

On Nov 26, 2018, at 6:13 PM, Allen Ratcliffe <alratcliffe@gmail.com> wrote:

I don’t know the answer to this question, but it seems to me that the coalition should advocate for local law requiring landlords to accept a recent screening instead of requiring a new one with each new application.

Al Ratcliffe 

On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 5:04 PM Jessica Means <jmeans@nctacoma.org> wrote:

I have a client who is applying for housing and has a voucher through TCC/THA (CHAP) and can't afford to keep paying screening fees for each place applied to. My client also has a conviction history so chances of getting denied are greater. Is there an organization or agency that helps with screening fee costs? 

Thanks!

Jessica Means
Program Manager and Volunteer Coordinator, New Connections 
jmeans@nctacoma.org

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