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This project assessed the extent to which applicants to the FlexMyRent scheme were honest about their financial circumstances, and which disclosures were most predictive of success. Qualitative interviews indicate that the framing of FlexMyRent generated trust and this encouraged honest disclosure. Quantitative analysis points to the self-disclosure of existing debt burdens and rent account starting balance as the most important predictors of success.
The pandemic's impacts have been extremely unequal. And there are implications for the way we should assess credit risk. In a briefing paper for the University of Birmingham's Centre on Household Assets and Savings Management ('CHASM'), we call for credit scoring systems to incorporate social justice considerations.
