How to raise credit score in 6 months?

My husbands credit score was 530. He only had two bills on his credit to pay so we paid them and it raised his credit to 597. Good news i know. We also opened a secured credit card to have something on the credit and we are currently keeping it paid. What else can we do?! We really need his credit score high by January to get a mortgage loan.

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