The Fair Housing Project of Legal Aid of North Carolina has released a fact sheet with fair housing information for individuals with criminal records who are attempting to rent housing. Housing providers may require individuals to undergo a criminal background check as part of the application process. However, as the fact sheet notes, under recent guidance …
criminal background
Renting with a Criminal History
NCHFA, “Fair Housing and Tenant Selection Policy” (2018)
NC Housing Finance Agency Memo re Income & Criminal Background, 2/8/16
NCHFA Memo2.8.16
HUD Issues Guidance on Criminal History and Fair Housing
On April 4, 2016, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued guidance on “how the Fair Housing Act applies to the use of criminal history by providers or operators of housing and real-estate related transactions.” The guidance, issued by HUD’s Office of General Counsel, concludes that while the Fair Housing Act does …