24 C.F.R. § 5.856
When must I prohibit admission of sex offenders?
You must establish standards that prohibit admission to federally assisted housing if any member of the household is subject to a lifetime registration requirement under a State sex offender registration program. In the screening of applicants, you must perform necessary criminal history background checks in the State where the housing is located and in other States where the household members are known to have resided. (See § 5.905.)
Notes of Decisions
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cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2007–2025 · leading case: Standley v. Town of Woodfin, 650 S.E.2d 618 (N.C. Ct. App. 2007).
Standley v. Town of Woodfin, 650 S.E.2d 618 (N.C. Ct. App. 2007). “, 24 C.F.R. §§ 5.856 , 882.518, 960.204, and 982.”
Long v. Dist. of Columbia Hous. Auth., 166 F. Supp. 3d 16 (D.D.C. 2016). “§§ 13662 and 13663(a) and 24 C.F.R. §§ 5.856 , 960.204(a) and 982.553(a)(2).”
Lacey Stradford v. Sec'y Pennsylvania Dep't of Corr. (3rd Cir. 2022). “§ 13663 (a); 24 C.F.R. § 5.856 . As a result, paroled sex offenders often remain in halfway houses until their maximum sentences expire, and because sex offenders receive higher-than-average maximum sentences, it can take years for their sentences to expire once they are paroled.”
Devenney v. Miller (E.D. Mich. 2025). “Devenney asserts that Defendants “operate and manage a low-income seni[o]r/disabled subsidized housing” facility, and that they denied him housing, despite the fact Devenney asserts he meets all federal requirements for low-income subsidized housing “pursuant to 24 CFR 5.856 and…”
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