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Ex-Cons Deserve a Second Chance to Be Productive Members of Society, according to HUD's new policy

4/6/2016

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Although people with criminal records are not explicitly protected by the Fair Housing Act, a new policy established by the Department of Housing and Urban Development requires landlords to distinguish between arrests and convictions and consider their severity and nature before denying an applicant with a criminal record, rather than implementing what the HUD refers to as "blanket bans" in which any applicant with a criminal record is automatically denied residency.

Read more in an article published by the New York Times 


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