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Research Center

The evidence behind behavior-first renter screening.

StabilityLogic publishes research on rental risk, credit inequity, and the behavioral signals most closely associated with tenant stability. Every model we ship is documented, versioned, and open to third-party review.

Industry snapshot

The rental scoring gap, in numbers.

44M+
U.S. renter households
U.S. Census Bureau, 2024
~26%
Renters with no or thin credit files
CFPB — Consumer credit reporting reach
~30%
Renter households considered credit invisible or under-scored
CFPB / Urban Institute
12%+
Illustrative gap: approvable applicants missed by credit-only screening in internal HSI backtests
StabilityLogic internal analysis · directional estimate · not a performance guarantee · full methodology available under NDA
Papers & briefs

Our current research agenda.

We're publishing a rolling series of working papers, methodology notes, and policy briefs. Enterprise pilot partners receive early drafts under NDA.

Working paper · Coming soon

Why credit scores fail renters

A working paper on how legacy credit-based screening penalizes non-traditional applicants and mis-classifies stable payers as high-risk.

Methodology · v1.1.0

The HSI methodology

A technical overview of the 5-category weighted stability model, the Recovery Applicant Framework, and the payment-first scoring rewrite (v1.1.0).

Industry brief · Coming soon

Behavior-first risk in multifamily

How payment-behavior signals outperform credit tradelines when predicting 12-month delinquency in multifamily portfolios.

Policy brief · Coming soon

Fair-housing implications of AI screening

A plain-English guide to disparate-impact risk in algorithmic tenant screening — and how HSI's audit trail is designed to reduce it.

Data study · Coming soon

Housing recovery patterns

Longitudinal analysis of applicants transitioning from non-traditional housing (hotel, family placement, subsidized) into permanent lease-holders.

Methodology

Household Stability Index™ — how the score is built.

HSI is a 0–100 index computed across five weighted categories. The current production version is v1.1.0 — Payment-First, released Feb 2026.

25%
Income Adequacy
Verified income vs. rent, employment stability, benefits-inclusive.
30%
Housing & Payment
12+ months verified rent-payment behavior. Housing type is never a penalty.
20%
Financial Resilience
Cash reserves, debt-to-income, recovery patterns after prior stress.
15%
Support Systems
Verified references, co-signer availability, community anchors.
10%
Behavioral Signals
Response quality, verification participation, disclosure honesty.
Weights are landlord-configurable within admin bounds. Every scoring run is stamped with the model version, weight configuration, and input hash for full reproducibility.

Working on rental risk research?

Academics, policy researchers, and enterprise partners — we're open to collaboration, data-sharing under NDA, and third-party audits of the HSI model.

Contact research team