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John,
As families across Pennsylvania struggle with rising housing costs,
there’s a major barrier to accessibility that rarely gets talked about —
but affects TENS of THOUSANDS.
We’ve heard it all before: lawmakers across the aisle say affordability is
top priority. The President says affordability is “a hoax”. The American
people have affordability top of mind in every aspect of their daily
lives. But all parties involved are overlooking a hidden crisis: a
provision of federal law called the Thurmond Amendment.
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Yusuf Dahl, the executive director of The Century Promise and a leading
advocate for repealing the Thurmond Amendment.
This amendment allows landlords to automatically deny housing to anyone
with a past conviction related to selling drugs — no matter how long ago
it happened, how minor the offense, or how much their life has changed
since. Passed in 1988 at the height of the War on Drugs, this carve-out
has nothing to do with public safety. Instead, it locks otherwise
qualified renters out of housing, shrinks the housing supply, and drives
costs even higher — often through automatic screening systems that leave
no room for further context or second chances.
That’s why a growing, bipartisan coalition — including housing advocates,
reentry organizations, drug policy experts, landlords, and survivors’
groups — is coming together to finally remove this relic of legislation
from federal law.
If we’re serious about affordability, we can’t let fear-based laws from
decades ago shape who gets access to housing today.
[ [link removed] ]Read Yusuf Dahl’s Op-Ed
[ [link removed] ]Learn More to Take Action
Together, we can fight for economic accessibility whilst doubling down on
criminal justice reform.
In solidarity,
— Dream.Org
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