“So Now I Have to Rent to FELONS?” What the new HUD rule actually says about applicants with criminal records
On April 4th, HUD released a statement entitled “Guidance on Application of Fair Housing Standards to the Use of Criminal Records by Providers of Housing and Real Estate Related Transactions” that immediately set the landlording world abuzz with the news that we could no longer “discriminate” against felons. Like most incursions by the government into…