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Seattle Group Pushes To Restrict Criminal Background Checks For Housing

caption: Apartment buildings in the University District, Seattle.
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Apartment buildings in the University District, Seattle.
KUOW Photo/Kara McDermott

Bill Radke speaks with Columbia Legal Services attorney Merf Ehman and Evan Loeffler, a lawyer who focuses on landlord tenant relations, about a proposal before the Seattle City Council that would change how landlords are allowed to screen tenants.

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