Public Housing

For example, tenants who apply for public housing can be declared ineligible if they have been convicted of a felony drug offense, or if they are in a drug treatment program and are currently known to be using illegal drugs. Under federal laws such individuals are subject to eviction from public housing.

Related Links:

Drug Offenders: Various Factors May Limit the Impact Of Federal Laws That Provide For Denial Of Selected Benefits; from GAO, the Government Accounting Office (PDF Format)

National Housing Law Project

No Second Chance: People with Criminal Records Denied Access to Public Housing; from Human Rights Watch

After Prison: Roadblocks To Reentry - A Report On State Legal Barriers Facing People With Criminal Records; from the Legal Action Resource Center (Also available in PDF Format)

Visit the Legal Action Center's Rentry Resource Links

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