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2. Employment discrimination against persons with criminal ...

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   As of 2008, 6.6 to 7.4 percent, or about one in 15 working-age adults were ex-felons. [4] According to an estimate from 2000, there were over 12 million felons in the United States, representing roughly 8% of the working-age population. [5].In 2016, 6.1 million people were disenfranchised due to convictions, representing 2.47% of voting-age ...

3. Former felons navigate the complexities of housing ... - AOL

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   What he found was a system of fits and starts that make it nearly impossible to find mental health support, affordable housing, and gainful employment – the three key stabilizing, yet elusive ...

4. Atlanta Housing Authority - Wikipedia

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   In 2016, it was found that Atlanta Housing Authority's publicly paid executives evaded federal rules capping pay at $158,700 by supplementing their salaries with money from the nonprofit National Housing Compliance, which receives money from a contract with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to administer low-income housing. [27]

5. Section 8 (housing) - Wikipedia

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   The main Section 8 program involves the voucher program. A voucher may be either "project-based"—where its use is limited to a specific apartment complex (public housing agencies (PHAs) may reserve up to 20% of its vouchers as such [11])—or "tenant-based", where the tenant is free to choose a unit in the private sector, is not limited to specific complexes, and may reside anywhere in the ...

6. Felony disenfranchisement in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Studies indicate that felons who succeed in avoiding recidivism are those who learn to see themselves as law-abiding members of the community, a transition that is facilitated by restoring their civic rights, including the right to vote. [119] Felony disenfranchisement creates significant barriers to community reintegration.

7. Second Chance Act (2007) - Wikipedia

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   The Second Chance Act of 2007 (), titled "To reauthorize the grant program for reentry of offenders into the community in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to improve reentry planning and implementation, and for other purposes," was submitted to the House by Representative Danny Davis (D-IL) to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize ...