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@LS2982 wrote:
@indiolatino61 wrote:CCCs will have 6 months to comply.
And I so enjoyed those threads debating whether it was still legal/ethical to list HHI. I'll miss that.
Still don't agree with it......
Relying on someone else's income to pay your debts is a recipe for disaster. Couples break up, marriages end in divorce, people lose their jobs...then instead of only one person being responsible during hard times, it is then two. How many posts here have detailed "hubby" leaving nothing but financial ruin? It may seem great at the moment that you're granted a higher CL than you would have been able to get on your own, but it doesn't come without possible consequences. Just my 2 cents.
I agree with your statement.
This is open to anyone to respond. But LS, I'm not 21 yet but I have a question regarding this. What do you feel about a 21 year old in school using their parents income on a CC app? As a student, I make no more than 10k annually and despite my file, I don't see myself getting approved for anything I really want/plan on applying for in the future so the household income would help me out alot. If you still wouldn't recommend using parent's income on CC app, what if we were to only report a part of their income on a CC app?
IF you have household expenses you should be allowed to to use HHI. When your in a relationship you plan bills based on your HHI your credit profile should be no different. While trashing my credit my DW remained flawless and have relied on that for many years (around 800 mark). So I do agree not mixing credit. But If you need a creditor to see the whole picture then you got to do what you got to do. In my case was going to be joint app for home improvement. So YMMV.
@Walt_K wrote:
Do you have reasonable access to your parent's income to pay your debts? I know I did not when I was 21. That may be different for some families, but I would guess without reading more about the reg that this was not targeted toward children using their parent's income.
I wouldn't necessarily say reasonable access, but I do know my mom would help when she can, if I even needed her help. I think I read that 25k is desired minimum income for a lot of cards so I wouldn't even report all of my mom's annual income since I know they'd most likely want proof of income, and I'm not sure of the process, but I'm sure it would probably make me dread not using just my income in the first place. So at the most, I'd consider putting 25k down. And when they say HHI, I didn't know it specifically meant spouse's income, I figured it mean parent's income is allowed to be used as well.
I don't agree with using HHI. My wife is a stay at home mom I make around 80k. For example say I have CL on all my cards worth 100% of my annual salary some people on here have more, some with less of a percentage. Now my wife is using my salary to get cc in her name with say 100% cl of my annual salary. So the banks in total have 2x my salary for us to use at our disposal. Thats is asking for trouble not for me but the banks I mean they are in a business to make money also. I would rather the other partner be maybe be able use a percentage of my salary not the whole thing. Lets be real even though we share all our expenses do we really? And how can we when only one person is making a salary. Aside from investment Stocks, Mutual Funds etc.