Flint City Council to vote on ordinance protecting housing for formerly incarcerated - Flint Beat

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Flint City Council to vote on ordinance protecting housing for formerly incarcerated - Flint Beat

FLINT, Mich. — A new ordinance that protects formerly incarcerated persons from housing discrimination will be up for vote in city council soon. If passed, housing providers will be prohibited from looking into an applicant’s conviction history during the rental screening process.“Housing should be a basic right for any person,” says Johnell Allen-Bey, who is the Flint regional coordinator for Nation Outside, an organization that promotes polici…