# No advertising of rental= discrimination? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 30, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-advertising-of-rental-discrimination/983393 "2023-04-30T23:45:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 52
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-advertising-of-rental-discrimination/983393/52 "2023-05-04T16:58:25Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > So, according to that, _most_ people do know their credit score. It’s actually pretty easy to get. Sure, most do (and, yes, it’s easy to get your score these days, _if_ you know how to go about it), but if one in four _don’t_, I don’t think it should be surprising if some applicants for an apartment wind up unexpectedly failing their credit checks, even if they’ve been told ahead of time what the minimum credit score will be. We’ve got [a lengthy thread here on the board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basic-financial-literacy-why-is-it-so-uncommon/981841) about why financial literacy is such an uncommon thing, and not knowing your credit score (or how to go about even finding it out) is probably part of that. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-advertising-of-rental-discrimination/983393)._