Fairness for former prisoners / [USA] International Herald Tribune, 26 Nov 2004

http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/11/25/opinion/edhousing.html
"Fairness dictates that people who have served their sentences and taken up crime-free lives should be permitted access to decent housing for their families and themselves. The new report, however, found that several public housing authorities barred applicants indefinitely even for records of arrests that never led to conviction or for petty offenses that were never intended to be used for screening purposes under the federal housing law."

No Second Chance
People with Criminal Records Denied Access to Public Housing -
http://www.hrw.org/reports/2004/usa1104/
PDF - http://www.hrw.org/reports/2004/usa1104/usa1104.pdf