An Affordable Home on Re-Entry: Federally Assisted Housing and Previously Incarcerated Individuals
Publication year:
2008
| Cataloged on:
May. 14, 2009
ANNOTATION: “This guide is designed for advocates working with or representing individuals with a criminal record who are seeking access to federally assisted housing programs” (p. 1). Chapters include: the problem -- the number of individuals who have been incarcerated is increasing and many need affordable housing; eligibility for federally assisted housing for individuals who have been released from incarceration; access to criminal history records, drug rehabilitation information, and expungement of criminal records; mitigating circumstances and rehabilitation; challenging a denial of admission; advocating for policies that respond to the housing needs of individuals with a criminal record; vouchers, portability, and ex-offenders; adding an ex-offender to the assisted household and rechecking current residents; description of federally assisted housing programs for lower income families; and general eligibility requirements for federally assisted low-income housing.
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