Apr 5,2016
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.
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