Disclosure and Authorization to Obtain a Consumer and Criminal Background Report
In connection with your anticipated or continued engagement as a potential Habitat for Humanity Repair Program participant, Habitat is hereby advising you that it will obtain or have prepared one or more consumer reports bearing on your credit worthiness, credit standing, credit capacity, character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living. Habitat for Humanity of Washington County, AR Inc. is henceforth known in this document as Habitat.
Such consumer reports, where applicable, would be obtained for the permissible purpose of legitimate business need in connection with your anticipated or continued engagement as a potential Repair Program recipient, in accordance with your written instruction. The scope of this notice is all-encompassing, allowing Habitat to obtain from any outside organization all manner of consumer reports now and throughout the course of your anticipated and continued
engagement as a potential homeowner to the extent permitted by law.
This Disclosure is valid for current and future reports, and Habitat intends for this Disclosure to cover both your anticipated engagement as a potential Repair Program recipient, and any additional consumer reports obtained while you remain a part of the Repair Program.
Authorization To Obtain Consumer Reports
I hereby authorize Habitat to obtain or have prepared one or more consumer reports on me in connection with my anticipated or continued engagement as a potential Repair Program recipient, in accordance with my written instructions herein, and any other use not prohibited by law as applicable. These reports may contain information regarding my credit history, criminal record history, driving record history, and any other type of information that is permissible by all governing laws. I understand this information may be obtained from previous employers, companies, corporations, law enforcement agencies, persons, educational institutions, and other agencies, businesses, and individuals. I hereby authorize and direct all persons who may have information relevant to any such consumer report to disclose it to Habitat or its agents.
I acknowledge that Habitat has a legitimate business need to obtain my consumer and criminal background report, to verify eligibility for the Repair Program, to protect the safety and security of the premises in which homes might be built, to ensure the safety of vulnerable populations, including but not limited to, children, the elderly, and the indigent, and to protect the reputation of Habitat and the quality of services it provides.
This Authorization is valid for current and future reports, and I specifically understand that Habitat intends for this Authorization to cover both my anticipated engagement as a potential Habitat Repair Program Recipient up to the closing portion of that process and, any additional consumer reports obtained while I remain a part of the Repair Program.
