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So, I often notice on criglist That there's housing that costs like 600 to 700 a month. That's great and dandy but the problem is that I have a really bad credit score. There's a collections account in my name that doesn't belong to me and it takes at least one, two or three years to fix your credit. My credit score is 524 and I don't think I'll be able to ever bring that number up so I'm sort of trapped living at home with my parents... Even if I had the money it'll be nearly impossible for me to find an apartment due to my credit. I took out a loan but I know realistically it won't dramatically increase my scores

I know that it would be nearly impossible for me to get an apartment even if I had the money because my credit score is bad, but I heard that you can be denied housing even if you have a good credit score, and can afford the apartment. I see that it's very difficult to get an apartment these days even if you have everything looking good in your name. It seems like these renting agencies have a lot of people looking for housing. Where I'm from you need to pay to apply for housing... For some places it's 100 dollars per apartment you apply for