A Human Rights Watch report persuaded city and county housing officials in Salt Lake City, Utah to revise discriminatory housing policies. Our November 2004 report documented the denial of public housing to people with criminal records in the United States, condemning hundreds of thousands of poor people in the U.S. to homelessness or transient living.
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United States: Salt Lake Improves Housing Rights
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