Last month, Marie Claire Tran-Leung, Director of the Shriver Center’s Legal Impact Network, testified before the Diversity and Inclusion Subcommittee of the Committee on Financial Services of the U.S. House of Representatives.
October 19, 2021
Justice-involved individuals deserve the chance to find safe, stable, and affordable housing.
A person’s involvement with the criminal legal system can significantly impact their subsequent attempts to access housing. Housing plays a critical role in in helping people re-join their communities after leaving the criminal legal system.
Last month, Marie Claire Tran-Leung, Director of the Shriver Center’s Legal Impact Network, testified before the Diversity and Inclusion Subcommittee of the Committee on Financial Services of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Tran-Leung’s testimony outlined the barriers that justice-involved individuals face in federally subsidized housing and how proposed federal legislation could address those barriers. The testimony also highlighted the need to regulate tenant screening companies whose practices deprive tenants of equal access to housing.
Read the full written testimony and watch the recording of the testimony.
Shelter is not only a basic human need, it is also critical to people’s ability to pursue and attain economic stability.
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