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<p>The Government believes that it is right that a history of paying rent should be
recorded and recognised in tenants’ credit scores and in affordability assessments.</p><p>
</p><p>That is why, at the Autumn Budget 2017, the Government announced the Rent Recognition
Challenge, a £2m competition challenging the UK’s world-leading technology firms to
develop innovative new applications to enable rental tenants to share their rent payment
data with lenders and credit reference agencies. The winning applications will be
announced shortly.</p><p> </p><p>Data on individuals’ council tax payments are not
currently made available to lenders or credit reference agencies by local authorities.</p>
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