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Make rent payments part of credit scores

Submitted on Thursday 28th April 2022

Rejected on Tuesday 3rd May 2022

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

Petition Action

Make rent payments part of credit scores

Petition Details

Make rental payments considered when applying for a mortgage and part of credit scoring. This should be applicable across the board not just by some mortgage companies.

Additional Information

Tenants paying rent are often paying a regular monthly amount greater that a monthly mortgage payment. A majority of mortgage companies do not take this into consideration.
The rental payment history should go a long way into show a persons ability to make regular payments.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Petitions must call for a specific action that the UK Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Decisions about when to offer a mortgage are a matter for individual mortgage providers, not the Government or Parliament. As a result it is not possible for the Government or Parliament to take the action you have requested.

Landlords are able to report rental income to credit agencies, who can then take this into account as part of their rental scores. It is a decision for landlords and credit agencies whether or not to do this, The Government aren't responsible for operation of credit rating agencies or mortgage lenders.

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