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Oshkosh council directs staff to draft fair‑housing changes to limit blanket denials for arrest or conviction records
Summary
After a series of public comments and council discussion, the Common Council instructed staff to draft updates to the city's fair-housing ordinance to prevent automatic denials based only on arrest or conviction history and to return with proposed ordinance language.
The Oshkosh Common Council directed staff to draft revisions to the city's fair‑housing ordinance to address blanket exclusions of applicants with arrest or conviction records.
Multiple speakers during public statements urged the council to remove automatic denial policies that prevent people with prior arrests or convictions from applying for housing. Jennifer Gardinerami, a housing advocate, said the proposed change "does not ban background checks"…
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