New HUD Guidelines Forces Landlords To House Criminals


This dangerous policy is one of many attempts by Obama to undermine the rule of law in the country he is supposed to represent. Instead of looking out for it’s best interests, he has ignored murders of multiple police officers, released hundreds and perhaps even thousands of illegal immigrants caught at the border, and freed countless criminals and even Islamic extremists. Considering all this, I would be surprised if he didn’t try and force landlords to rent to ex-cons:

“’The fact that you were arrested shouldn’t keep you from getting a job and it shouldn’t keep you from renting a home,’ HUD Secretary Julian Castro said Monday at an annual meeting of the National Low Income Housing Coalition. ‘When someone has been convicted of a crime and has paid their debt to society, then they ought to have an effective second chance at life. The ability to find housing is an indispensable second chance in life.’

HUD says that landlords may be allowed to bar those with criminal records from living in a facility, but they will have to prove that such a policy is necessary for protecting the safety of other tenants, and designed to avoid illegal discrimination. The new guidance recommends that landlords consider factors such as the severity of the criminal history and how long ago it occurred.

Landlords who violate the Fair Housing Act can be hit with civil fines amounting to thousands or millions of dollars, depending on the severity and the duration of the alleged violation.

The new guideline includes one major exception that will benefit landlords: It is never illegal, HUD says, for landlords to block renting to those convicted of manufacturing or distributing illegal drugs.

The new guidance isn’t the first move by the Obama administration to break down perceived racial barriers in the housing market. HUD launched an effort in 2015 to encourage cities to use Section 8 and other levels to create racially-integrated neighborhoods. The effort came in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling that policies which result in unintentional housing discrimination may be targeted in lawsuits.”

Source: Daily Caller



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