This City Is Trying to Kick a Family Out of Their Home for Someone Else's Crime

The problem is that Granite City has what it calls a “crime-free” housing ordinance that amounts to a compulsory eviction law. Under the law, if you rent your home in Granite City and any member of your “household” commits a crime—anywhere in the city and, sometimes, anywhere at all—then your landlord is required to evict you. In fact, your landlord can be fined and even lose his rental license if he fails to evict you. That means Jessica and Kenny are on the hook for this past spring’s burglary, even though no one believes they had anything to do with it or even knew about it.

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