Massachusetts Attorney General's Office

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Andrew Metcalf's debt collection business took cars — sometimes the consumer's only ride to work, and sometimes so old that state law exempted them from seizure. On Monday, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell announced a settlement that permanently bars Metcalf and his companies from collecting debt in the state.

Updated Sep 15

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Mary Louis, a Black woman using a federal housing voucher, was denied an apartment in Massachusetts. The landlord relied on a tenant screening score from SafeRent Solutions, a company that rates applicants using algorithms. The score did not consider that a housing authority would pay 73% of her rent, but did consider her credit history, which weighed non-housing debts heavily.

Updated Sep 9