Entities	Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) (186) Department of Housing and Development (HUD) (27) Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (69) National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) (26)
Topics and Issues	Background checks (71) FOIA (11) Name-only Matching (5) Residential/Tenant Screening (81)

On Nov. 4, 2021, the CFPB issued an Advisory Opinion on Fair Credit Reporting; Name-Only Matching Procedures, with a press release and a statement from Director Rohit Chopra both covering the release of the Advisory Opinion.

Resources:

• Press release on the Advisory Opinion on name-only matching.
• Advisory Opinion on Fair Credit Reporting; Name-Only Matching Procedures.
• Director Rohit Chopra’s statement on the release of the Advisory Opinion on name-only matching.
• HUD press release in support of the Advisory Opinion on name-only matching.
• Troutman Pepper blog on name-only matching.
• Big News for Background Screening: New Appellate Ruling Says FCRA Permits Reporting Unmatched Criminal Records (Troutman blog, Dec. 22, 2020).
• Letter from ACLU and consumer groups to HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge (July 13, 2021).
• A FOIA request to the CFPB seeking documents that went into the development of the advisory opinion (November 2021).