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Obama tells landlords they must rent to criminals

Tuesday, April 5, 2016 5:01
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First, employers are getting to the point they can no longer question criminal records of applicants. A Criminal Record May No Longer Be A Stumbling Block To …

So let’s get the bad guys into our work places without notice, and into our neighborhoods.

The Obama administration released a warning Monday telling the nation’s landlords that it may be discriminatory for them to refuse to rent to those with criminal records.

The Fair Housing Act doesn’t include criminals as a protected class, but the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) says refusing to rent based on a criminal record is a form of racial discrimination, due to racial imbalances in the U.S. justice system.

“Because of widespread racial and ethnic disparities in the U.S. criminal justice system, criminal history-based restrictions on access to housing are likely disproportionately to burden African-Americans and Hispanics.

H/T: Daily Caller:

Filed under: Government Tagged: criminals, Housing, HUD



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