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A law proposed by city council would make it illegal to require a criminal background check when considering an application for someone to move in. Housing advocates say the practice of background check plays a major role in housing discrimination, impacting people especially of Black and Latino backgrounds.
Criminal history may soon be actual history
Background checks can make or break someone. Especially if that someone has a criminal history. Such checks may already cost people jobs and maybe even loans. But a new piece of legislation in front of the city council could take one essential piece of living off that list: homes. more
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