housing for felons in the Seattle area

[lisa24]

Hi l24.

I know what you are going threw. I also have a FELON that is over 25 yr old. It's hard to fine a apartment The one thing i can say is fine a privet owner, and pray for the best. your head up and pray. Don't listen to the one that will say somthing negative to you. thay are @$#%^#!.
Good luck !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sean98125]

Try one of the smaller companies like Lancer or Ballard Property Management. Let them know up front about the felony (or felonies) and what they were for. If it's been a while and he's had a clean record since then they might be okay with it. If he hasn't been able to hold down a job for very long then you're going to have a problem.

Are you sure this is the guy you want to live with?

[lovingthegreen]

Originally Posted by frostyrides

Now of course, nobody wants a sex offender or somebody tried for a severe crime living next to them. It's clear why the penalties are so strict for felonies, they need to be. For anyone who has had a history of crime, I certainly hope they understand why it is so hard for them to find work, a place to live, etc.

Of course this is exactly why it is so difficult for felons who have done their time to reintegrate into society and try to leave the past in the past (i.e. not commit any more offenses).

Also, it would have been nice if people could have just answered the OP's question without judging.

[LucaBella]

Originally Posted by Nyse

Excuse me, but a little off?!?!?!?!? Her boyfriend has had multiple felonies!!!!! Do you know what a felony is? Not a misdemeanor, but a felony, and more than two!!! Felonies include rape, rape of a child, murder, some drug offenses, etc. Don't you think its the landloard's responsibility to ensure the saftey of the other renters?

So we should offer some helpful advice to the poster? Okay here it goes:
Tell your hooligan boyfriend that he should have wised up after the first felony and started a lifstyle that promotes being a productive member of society. There is no reason for someone who wants to live a peaceful life in a safe apartment should have to be subject to a felon that could either be violent, on drugs etc.

THIS ISNT COMPLICATED! Excuse me, but I just dont see how someone couldnt see that.

PS. I do understand the flip side of this. The fact that these people need a place to live too just like anyone else, and that everyone deserves a second chance. However, I just think that the people who want to live their lives without the burden of "these kinds of people" and you know what I mean, should be able to do so without feeling guilty for it.

You are out of line, and you know it. The Op didn't ask to move near you, they didn't ask for your judgment, and they didn't ask for your opinion on their boyfriend's character. If you cannot help, then there is no need for your post at all, and for you to assume/suggest that the op's boyfriend is a vicious sex offender, well that says alot more about you than it does about him.

[crescentsliverofthemoon]

I didn't see where the OP posted that the BF had "multiple" felonies, am I missing something? But it would seem that if it was committed at 16 perhaps the record can be expunged?? I'm not up on these things but somewhere I've heard that if a crime was done in youth that the records can be cleaned though I don't know if that includes felonies.

The facts are that when you commit a crime or even a choice that somehow negatively affected your life and others, it can follow you for the rest of your life. This is where we as a society are divided; we would not readily want to live next door to someone we knew was a felon unless we knew them personally and their character had changed completely and the crime they did was something we as an individual could judge as a lesser evil of a (type) crime. But it also gets into, as pointed out by other posters, how we are an unforgiving society and even when the punishments been served the echoes of justice continue to mete out.

Similiar is the residual of anyone who has a weak credit history or ran into bad times and couldn't meet their bills so now their credit is ruined. So one could say a person who fell upon hard times in a sense is treated like a criminal.

I think you need to look at maybe getting an apt in your name only and then look to find a way to get his record expunged. Otherwise, if he has a good job, education, good references, good credit, a decent income and its been a long time since the deed was done, I'd be very up front with the person running the background check and plead my case. Best of luck.

[crescentsliverofthemoon]

Originally Posted by Nyse

What do you mean ridiculous!!?!?!!?!! Who wants a person convicted of multiple felonies to live next door?! You could understand why it would be so hard dont you?

OK, I see where the "multiple" felonies originates from, I didn't catch this the first time around. And I'd have to agree with NYse; when we are talking about multiple crimes here that is a huge difference between 1 committed at 16 and it's been years since and another person who has several. If he is completely crime free and has turned over a new leaf that is a great thing. Hopefully, he will be able to make a living and give something back to society in the future. From what I understand King county has programs for people getting out of jail so I would look into that and see if he qualifies to get those kind of resources.

[Nyse]

Look, I agree that people who have committed crimes and served their time have paid their debt for those crimes. But you and I both know that a good percentage of people who commit heinous crimes and even misdemeanors are repeat offenders. They usually have a rap sheet that innocent people shouldn’t be subject to. These are the ills of our society and you know it. Don’t even get me started on the rehabilitation rate of sex offenders. Yeah society is unforgiving, and theres a reason for it.