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Advocates at hearing push HB 6948 to limit housing penalties for criminal records; reentry groups stress link to homelessness
Summary
Witnesses at the housing committee hearing urged passage of HB 6948 to prevent automatic denials based on criminal histories and to require individualized review after conditional offers; formerly incarcerated speakers and reentry advocates said housing barriers drive homelessness and recidivism.
At the same public hearing, many witnesses urged support for HB 6948, a bill that would limit how and when landlords may consider criminal records in rental decisions. Speakers with lived experience and representatives from Smart Justice and legal-aid organizations described repeated denials and long-term barriers that keep formerly incarcerated people from stable housing.
Ramón Garcia, who works at a Hartford shelter, described being denied…
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