Housing and criminal background checks are done to protect the safety and well being of others on the property. In todays climate where we have so many reasons for being taken to court I am looking for debate on the law and fairness. Fair housing laws change and these changes come about because of cases where there are wrongs that need to be righted.

I got into a debate with a legal person about felons with violent and non violent crimes who have done their time and housing and do the current laws discriminate against folks that have served their time and now trying to get their lives back on track? Do the current laws assist them in getting back into society or stack the deck against them where they end up back in a life of crime?

There are those that overlook felony convictions that are not violent, sexual, or drug related because they say the non violent cases do not pose a safety concern to the other tenants. There are others that say hey no matter violent or not, they are a felon that is it, and I am not taking a chance.

Every once in a while I may throw something in playing devil's advocate after a comment. Now there are those who will see something written and you have to keep in mind that there are some differences by states where felons are concerned such as Florida and California as an example in laws that govern felons. So when someone responds if you would put your state it will assist others in structuring their comments as well as it will allow all of us to see the differences by states. If you want to reference a law for your state that is fine.