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Decision Leaves Parolees Out of Orchard Arms
| Thursday, Apr 9, 2015

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to make it possible for people with criminal backgrounds to qualify for Section 8 housing – but not for county housing.

For residents at Orchard Arms in Valencia – a housing development owned and operated by the county Housing Authority – it means anyone on probation or parole will not qualify for housing at the complex.

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File photo

“Leading up to the vote, residents at Orchard Arms were very concerned,”said Jarrod DeGonia, housing deputy for Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich.

The decision is expected to make it easier for ex-inmates to get Section 8 housing – housing that allows rent payments to be made with public housing vouchers – when in previous years they could not.

Antonovich voted against the motion, as did Supervisor Don Knabe.

“This does nothing to public housing, but it does change Section 8 housing by relaxing background checks,” said DeGonia.
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21 Comments

  1. Nikki Aguilar says:
    Thursday, Apr 9, 2015 at

    Criminals shouldn’t qualify for anything free! County, state, whatever!

    Reply
  2. Nikki Aguilar says:
    Thursday, Apr 9, 2015 at

    Criminals shouldn’t qualify for anything free! County, state, whatever!

    Reply
  3. Tracee Lee says:
    Thursday, Apr 9, 2015 at

    OMG…COME ON CALIFORNIA…cant wait to leave this state!

    Reply
  4. Tracee Lee says:
    Thursday, Apr 9, 2015 at

    OMG…COME ON CALIFORNIA…cant wait to leave this state!

    Reply
  5. Jasmine Feldman says:
    Thursday, Apr 9, 2015 at

    No matter where you go… It’s all the same…. You just have to keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

    Reply
  6. Jasmine Feldman says:
    Thursday, Apr 9, 2015 at

    No matter where you go… It’s all the same…. You just have to keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

    Reply
  7. Jasmine Feldman says:
    Thursday, Apr 9, 2015 at

    No matter where you go… It’s all the same…. You just have to keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

    Reply
  8. Porsche Jones says:
    Thursday, Apr 9, 2015 at

    Good thing I’m not on Pororo…thats my apartment

    Reply
  9. Porsche Jones says:
    Thursday, Apr 9, 2015 at

    Good thing I’m not on Pororo…thats my apartment

    Reply
  10. Porsche Jones says:
    Thursday, Apr 9, 2015 at

    Good thing I’m not on Pororo…thats my apartment

    Reply
  11. Stephanie Meyer says:
    Thursday, Apr 9, 2015 at

    Kevin Meyer

    Reply
  12. Stephanie Meyer says:
    Thursday, Apr 9, 2015 at

    Kevin Meyer

    Reply
  13. Stephanie Meyer says:
    Thursday, Apr 9, 2015 at

    Kevin Meyer

    Reply
  14. Don Teller says:
    Thursday, Apr 9, 2015 at

    So people never pay there debt to society? Closed minded narrow thinking here

    Reply
  15. Don Teller says:
    Thursday, Apr 9, 2015 at

    So people never pay there debt to society? Closed minded narrow thinking here

    Reply
  16. Don Teller says:
    Thursday, Apr 9, 2015 at

    So people never pay there debt to society? Closed minded narrow thinking here

    Reply
  17. Michelle Mccarthy says:
    Thursday, Apr 9, 2015 at

    What ? Why …..

    Reply
  18. Mike Navarro says:
    Thursday, Apr 9, 2015 at

    California home of the criminals

    Reply
  19. Lisa Mugel-Sendewicz says:
    Thursday, Apr 9, 2015 at

    The Orchard Arms is right across the street from a school. No criminal shod be allowed near any child nor in any neighborhood.

    Reply
  20. Fed Up says:
    Monday, Apr 13, 2015 at

    What school is right across from Orchard Arms?
    The students & parents should be notified and given a chance to give input regarding this.

    Reply

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