{"id":2016,"date":"2024-04-19T20:04:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T20:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fairsharehousing.org\/?p=2016"},"modified":"2024-08-06T23:04:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T23:04:46","slug":"fair-share-housing-center-applauds-huds-advancement-of-new-rules-to-remove-barriers-to-housing-for-people-with-prior-criminal-legal-system-involvement","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.fairsharehousing.org\/es\/press-release\/fair-share-housing-center-applauds-huds-advancement-of-new-rules-to-remove-barriers-to-housing-for-people-with-prior-criminal-legal-system-involvement\/","title":{"rendered":"Fair Share Housing Center Applauds HUD\u2019s Advancement of New Rules to Remove Barriers to Housing\u00a0for\u00a0People with Prior Criminal Legal System Involvement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">For Immediate Release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 11, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex Staropoli, (914) 469-0060,&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:alexstaropoli@fairsharehousing.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alexstaropoli@fairsharehousing.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fair Share Housing Center Applauds HUD\u2019s Advancement of New Rules to Remove Barriers to Housing&nbsp;for&nbsp;People with Prior Criminal Legal System Involvement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development published&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2024\/04\/10\/2024-06218\/reducing-barriers-to-hud-assisted-housing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">proposed changes<\/a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;existing regulations that govern admission and termination decisions&nbsp;for&nbsp;individuals applying&nbsp;for&nbsp;or living in HUD Public and Indian Housing and Housing Programs. According to HUD, the proposed revisions are&nbsp;intended to minimize unnecessary exclusions from these programs while allowing providers to maintain the health, safety, and peaceful enjoyment of their residents, their staffs, and their communities.&nbsp;In response to the&nbsp;release&nbsp;of the proposed rule, Fair Share Housing Center issued the following statement.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Adam Gordon, Executive Director:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFair Share Housing Center applauds HUD&nbsp;for&nbsp;advancing housing justice with the&nbsp;release&nbsp;of proposed changes to these rules. We are especially grateful to former Secretary Fudge who championed this initiative&nbsp;during her tenure.&nbsp;For&nbsp;too long, individuals with prior criminal legal system involvement have faced arbitrary barriers to housing that harm not only the individual, but also their family and community as a whole. Housing is a lifeline, and making sure people can access housing at their most vulnerable should be a top priority. While we are still reviewing the proposed changes, we are hopeful that HUD has already considered and incorporated feedback from both individuals with lived experience and practitioners in crafting the proposal. We look forward to working with HUD to create a fairer and more just process&nbsp;for&nbsp;all individuals in public and HUD assisted housing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>###<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Fair Share Housing Center is a nonprofit advocacy organization that uses legal, policy, and community-building strategies to dismantle decades of racial and economic discrimination in New Jersey and nationally that excludes people from the opportunity to live in safe, healthy, and affordable housing.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Immediate Release April 11, 2024 Contact: Alex Staropoli, (914) 469-0060,&nbsp;alexstaropoli@fairsharehousing.org Fair Share Housing Center Applauds HUD\u2019s Advancement of New Rules to Remove Barriers to Housing&nbsp;for&nbsp;People with Prior Criminal Legal System Involvement Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development published&nbsp;proposed changes&nbsp;to&nbsp;existing regulations that govern admission and termination decisions&nbsp;for&nbsp;individuals applying&nbsp;for&nbsp;or living in HUD Public [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2016","press-release","type-press-release","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairsharehousing.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/2016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairsharehousing.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairsharehousing.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-release"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairsharehousing.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairsharehousing.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairsharehousing.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/2016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairsharehousing.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairsharehousing.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairsharehousing.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}