Comments on: Housing Bans Leave Registrants Homeless in Miami

By: RegistrantNotAnOffender

RegistrantNotAnOffender — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 23:59:55 +0000

In reply to JD. Maybe just buy your dads place?

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 23:11:40 +0000

Now called the Lauren Book Child Endangerment Ordinance

By: JD

JD — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 21:45:57 +0000

In the next few months, I probably will be facing the consequences
from residency restrictions created by another county that may render me homeless. Currently, I live in St. Lucie County in a very nice gated community. I’ve lived here since my release from prison back in 2005. My father owns the house and is currently working on selling it. This leaves me with some tough choices. My wife is from Indian River County and she is at least temporarily planning on moving back in with her parents until she can find a house. The problem is in Indian River County there is the 2,500-foot rule there also. So finding suitable housing with low crime, that is affordable and is within an allowed area is almost impossible. We have two boys together (3 and 4) and I don’t want to move into a bad place with them. I’m going to ask when I go to register tomorrow how I’m supposed to know even if her mother’s address is acceptable. It’s impossible to find a map that’s 100% accurate that shows where I’m allowed to live and where I’m not. My crime was from 1998 so I’m not under the 1,000-foot rule. It’s just certain counties took it upon themselves to make it difficult to live anywhere. So if I can’t find anywhere to live and I have to live out of my car then can I sue the county because their ordinance caused my homelessness?

By: JZ

JZ — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 20:54:57 +0000

Although I applaud Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg for this excellent article, mis-spelling Book as Brook not withstanding, she could have also mentioned the new ordinance which effectively makes it a crime to be a homeless registrant.

By: Florida Action Committee

Florida Action Committee — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 18:39:52 +0000

In reply to C. There's a GIS mapping expert for the Does that is excellent

By: concerned

concerned — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 18:16:50 +0000

One thing I would like to point out that I have thought about many times but never said it or ever seen it stated but mark my words that at some point in the distant future people will look back through history and realize that these laws are almost no different than racial segregation laws. Forbidden to reside in areas, forbidden to shop, eat out in certain areas, etc… don’t participate in Halloween, unable to see your child play sports at school or actively participate, and on and on and on!

By: Haneefah McVay

Haneefah McVay — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 18:12:20 +0000

Another issue that needs to be addressed is those convicted of sex crimes being sent entered to many many years in prison and being placed on lifetime supervision

By: DavidM

DavidM — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 17:56:41 +0000

Elizabeth Weill Greenberg is an angel, She has eloquently laid out the facts , who is it that can dispute any of what she has said?

By: C

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 17:35:04 +0000

Just an observation, residency restrictions are measured as a 1000 foot buffer from the parcel boundary and include any parcels whose boundaries fall within that buffer. The ACLU map in the article is drawing 1000′ radius buffers around a coordinate point not a continuous buffer at the parcel boundary, and isn’t showing the other affected properties which fall in that range.

I spent four years in college studying GIS, if the map in the article is what they are using in court then it is underreporting the actual scope of the law and I’d be happy to talk to someone about how to correct that map.

By: Florida Action Committee

Florida Action Committee — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 17:27:57 +0000

In reply to Mary Sue Molnar. Thanks Mary Sue!!!