Can felon live in a section 8 housing in the state of Ohio?

Answer 1

It all depends on what type of felony that person is convicted of. If the person must register in his state as a sex offender, the felony is of violent or drug nature, or the felony involves public assistance fraud, then by federal regulations the Housing Authority cannot accept this person into the voucher program. And the Housing Authority may have its own rules of whom they may exclude as convicted felons from their programs. Most often than not they include felonies of any kind of less than 5-7 years from the date of release from incarceration or supervision, whichever later occurred.

Answer 2

A felony conviction will not necessarily disqualify you from the program, except, under federal regulations, the following offenses: the manufacturing of methamphetamine in a public housing units or while under the voucher program; and any offense for which one is required to register as a sex offender in his state. However, every Housing Authority has the right to set its own rules on the types of felonies, the age of the conviction, and other factors as disqualifiers for the program.