Beyond Backgrounds Housing information and how to sign up
Beyond Backgrounds (housinglink.org) Beyond Backgrounds: Overcome Criminal, Credit and Rental History Barriers in Your Housing Search Are you denied housing because of a criminal background, low credit score or recent eviction? If so, Beyond Backgrounds can help! What is Beyond Backgrounds? Beyond Backgrounds makes it more likely that a landlord will relax their screening criteria and rent to you! When a landlord rents to you, they get up to $2,000 of financial assurance if something goes wrong like damage to the unit or legal fees. How do I use Beyond Backgrounds? Step 1 - Join Beyond Backgrounds for free . Step 2 - Learn how to talk about Beyond Backgrounds with landlords in our 5 minute training. Step 3 - Access our Portal with housing search resources and support. Step 4 - Enroll in the assurance program (if the landlord requires it). You pay $300 to Beyond Backgrounds if the landlord requires our assurance program to provide you housing. Yo...