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Fair Housing and Criminal Background Screening Guide: Public Housing and Section 8 Vouchers

August 4, 2020by Lauren Brasil

The guidance below describes how a criminal record may affect applicants and tenants in North Carolina who live in subsidized housing.   Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) operate a number of subsidized …

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: affordable housing, criminal background, Disparate Impact

Fair Housing and Criminal Background Screening Guide: Low Income Housing Tax Credit Properties

August 4, 2020by Lauren Brasil

The guidance below describes how a criminal record may affect applicants and tenants at North Carolina apartment communities built with Low Income Housing Tax Credits. Apartment owners and management companies …

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: affordable housing, criminal background, Disparate Impact

Landmark $1,187,500 Settlement Announced in Criminal Records Fair Housing Case

December 3, 2019by Lauren Brasil

On November 5, 2019, The Fortune Society, a New York-based non-profit that provides housing and other services to formerly incarcerated individuals, announced that it had resolved its Fair Housing Act (FHA) lawsuit against the owners and operators of a large apartment community located in Queens, New York. The Defendants will pay Fortune $1,187,500 in order… Click to Read More

Tagged With: criminal background, national origin, race

Renting with a Criminal Background

September 11, 2019by Lauren Brasil

Landlords and other housing providers may require individuals to undergo a criminal background check as part of the application process. They may also use the results of a criminal background …

Tagged With: criminal background, national origin, race

Renting with a Criminal History

April 29, 2019by

Tagged With: criminal background, disability, fair housing act, national origin, race

Know Your Rights: Renting with a Criminal Background

February 4, 2019by Jeff Dillman

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 …

Filed Under: Homepage Right, News Tagged With: criminal background, fair housing act

Renting with a Criminal History

February 4, 2019by

Tagged With: criminal background, fair housing act

NCHFA, “Fair Housing and Tenant Selection Policy” (2018)

June 5, 2018by

Tagged With: affordable housing, criminal background, disability, fair housing act, reasonable accommodations, reasonable modifications

NC Housing Finance Agency Memo re Income & Criminal Background, 2/8/16

May 10, 2016by

NCHFA Memo2.8.16

Tagged With: affordable housing, criminal background, source of income

HUD Issues Guidance on Criminal History and Fair Housing

April 6, 2016by Jeff Dillman

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 …

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: criminal background, Disparate Impact, HUD

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