Then they should be forced to positively report that you are agreeing to the terms of your lease. It shouldn't be a one way street. Right now, there is nothing

Then they should be forced to positively report that you are agreeing to the terms of your lease. It shouldn't be a one way street. Right now, there is nothing for most land lords to really see on credit reports except for seriously cases of rental delinquency (evictions will show up, but these are outstandingly rare). You get dinged for them looking at what will largely be irrelevant information to your landlord. How I manage my credit cards has no correlation to how I've how honored my apartment leases. It makes no sense for someone to deny you a place to live because of other outstanding debts, often these debts do not even follow the same financial contracts or have the same importance in many people's lives.