Petition · past parliament
The cost of your rent payment should be part of a credit reference check .
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
Include the cost of rent payments to a credit reference agency.
While rent payments are always unicluded in credit reference checks, this needs to change, as rent is always more than a mortgage monthly payment. So it should be be included in an credit agency check. This would help the housing market also.
Why it was rejected
It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.
The preparation and scoring of credit reports is a matter for individual credit reference agencies in cooperation with lenders, not the Government or Parliament.
Timeline
| 31 May 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 7 Jun 2021 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
7 Jun 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.