Obama tells landlords they must rent to criminals
| by bunkerville |
First, employers are getting to the point they can no longer question criminal records of applicants.
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:
bunkerville | April 5, 2016 at 7:57 am |URL: http://wp.me/pCanK-6OC
Laura J Alcorn
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