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No second chance

people with criminal records denied access to public housing.

By Corinne A. Carey

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Publish Date

2004

Publisher

Human Rights Watch

Language

eng

Pages

101

Description:

Recommendations -- Background -- The right to adequate housing -- Federal "one strike" legislation -- Public safety -- Exclusions based on local policies -- Legislatively mandated categories of exclusion from public housing -- Screening people out : "felons need not apply" -- Arbitrary denials and discrimination -- Limited right to redress -- Conclusion.