Posted on 04/04/2016 7:24:14 PM PDT by massmike
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.
For instance, while blacks are about 12 percent of the U.S. population, they are about 36 percent of the prison population. Hispanics are also overrepresented behind bars, though to a much smaller degree.
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.
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.
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But the landlord is fully responsible (in most jurisdictions) for the basic safety and well being of their tenants.
Nuts.
The govt’s greatest desire is to have all its citizens beholden to it.
One way is to make it unlawful no matter what you do.
They got you then.
But you can still tell the bass turds to stay the hell off of your property.
A communist government should be overthrown, no matter where it is found.
Ha ha ha ha ha ROFL! OMG you can't be serious. The Republican's do anything like that. Oh way too funny. You should get a job as a comic. Good one.
So can I refuse to rent to white criminals?
Please see my tag line.
TRUMP NOW, TRUMP TOMORROW, TRUMP FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s hard enough to be a decent landlord these days...just dealing with lowlifes....as my husband always said when we had problem renters...they are renters for a reason.
The irrelevant trying to be relevant
If Hillary is jailed it help balance the white gap in prison population.
Yes, Hillary would add a great deal of Caucasian butt-weight.
BS and scare tactics
It is what the commies did by forced housing.
Seems like a third amendment violation by forcing the storage of Obama’s army.
The President cannot make law. Only Congress has this power. Citizens are free to ignore Presidential suggestions, even Executive Orders.
So HUD says blacks are disproportionately criminal; thanks for the candor!
This is reminiscent of the policies forcing banks to lend in bad areas to non-creditworthy borrowers (again, disproportionately minority); when they defaulted on the loans the same government accused the banks of fleecing the same minorities. Landlords who bow to this pressure and rent to criminals will be sued by their other tenants when the criminals prey on them; the landlords will lose because they didn’t do their due diligence in screening prospective tenants...
Hahaha
OK, I saw it. Quite similar in meaning to the tag line I’ve had since 2004. We apparently agree on matters.
The federal court challenge to this will be interesting.
ping
Concerned about the renter with a criminal past, say for child molesting and have young kids... Get a check from a friend and say “Sorry, it was just rented. You would have been a wonderful tenant.” Show them the check. If someone else rents, and there is subsequent inquiry, “Oh that deal fell through, the check was no good. Sorry I didn’t keep a record of it.” Not offering legal advice, just saying, it is My Personal Opinion how I might handle a difficult situation, JMO.
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