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In support of tenants' rights, STPP researched and wrote a policy memo about popular tenant screening algorithms which can be unreliable and discriminatory, disproportionately preventing individuals from vulnerable communities from receiving fair access to housing. Policy recommendations to counter these issues include: removing criminal history from screening reports, restricting inclusion of landlord-tenant disputes to recent history, requiring transparency to empower tenants to dispute inaccuracies, and increasing research on the discriminatory effects of screening tools.