Provisions related to complaint-based inspections, enforcement alternatives, fees, fines, public nuisance, and penalties associated with the Crime-Free Rental Housing Program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\u201cFor people who have been involved with the criminal legal system, it can be extremely difficult to start over again, and San Bernardino\u2019s Crime-Free Multi Housing Program was another impediment to that process of starting over. San Bernardino needed to make major changes to its Crime-Free Ordinance, and we are pleased that they have committed to do so. It is important to remove administrative barriers on those who have paid their debt to society and seek to return home to live their lives as part of their community,\u201d Public Interest Law Project Attorney Ugochi Anaebere-Nicholson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tenants impacted by these programs have been unable to find rental housing because of their prior criminal history, notwithstanding significant progress in turning their lives around, earning college and professional degrees, and obtaining jobs, with many stating a feeling of being hounded by their past criminal history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At a recent hearing about San Bernardino seeking to include the Crime-Free Rental Housing Program in its Sixth Cycle Housing Element Update, professors and teachers spoke about the impact that evictions have had on their students\u2019 ability to learn and thrive educationally, as well as the racial impact presented by the enforcement of the Crime-Free Rental Housing Program in areas of San Bernardino that were previously redlined. Further, community advocates decried San Bernardino for the family separation that has resulted because of the enforcement of the Crime-Free Rental Housing Program in San Bernardino, which restricts admission to housing and mandates eviction of persons with criminal history and family members who associate with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And while such policies may be shocking for residents to learn about, they are not entirely rare across the country, including in California. A similar settlement was reached in a lawsuit against the city of Hesperia at the end of 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the city now addressing both the Crime-Free Housing Policy and its Housing Element, the hope is that more residents will get to maintain their housing in San Bernardino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCalifornia remains in the midst of a housing crisis, and many people are feeling the squeeze of not being able to rent or own a home due to being priced out. With this settlement and the city of San Bernardino coming into compliance with Housing Element law, San Bernardino will enable the conditions for creation of more affordable housing that will allow residents to stay in the city they love,\u201d Kim said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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