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Senator Cory Booker and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton reintroduced a measure to protect marijuana consumers in legal states who live in federally funded housing. The bill, titled The Marijuana in Federally Assisted Housing Parity Act, aims to permit the use of marijuana in federally assisted housing in compliance with state laws. This move challenges discriminatory practices impacting tenants and ensures personal choices made in adherence to state law are protected.

Under current federal law, landlords can evict residents of federally assisted housing for cannabis use, even in states where it’s legal. The bill seeks to change this by preventing legal action against tenants in federal housing who use marijuana in accordance with state law. It also aims to restrict housing agencies from establishing standards that would deny admission to federally assisted housing for marijuana use compliant with state law.

The Marijuana in Federally Assisted Housing Parity Act would also direct HUD to issue regulations that restrict smoking marijuana in federally assisted housing in the same manner and same locations as the Secretary restricts smoking tobacco in public housing. This bipartisan effort seeks to align federal housing regulations with the changing views on marijuana and the growing support for its legalization across the United States.

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The Marijuana in Federally Assisted Housing Parity Act, introduced by Senator Cory Booker and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, seeks to protect marijuana consumers in legal states who live in federally funded housing. The bill would permit the use of marijuana in federally assisted housing in compliance with state laws and challenge discriminatory practices impacting tenants.

Under current federal law, landlords can evict residents of federally assisted housing for cannabis use, even in states where it’s legal. The bipartisan bill aims to prohibit legal action against tenants in federal housing who use marijuana in accordance with state law. It also restricts housing agencies from denying admission to federally assisted housing for marijuana use compliant with state law.

The Marijuana in Federally Assisted Housing Parity Act would also direct HUD to issue regulations that restrict smoking marijuana in federally assisted housing in the same manner and same locations as the Secretary restricts smoking tobacco in public housing.

The bill has been reintroduced to protect marijuana consumers in legal states who live in federally funded housing. If passed, the Marijuana in Federally Assisted Housing Parity Act would permit the use of marijuana in federally assisted housing in compliance with state laws, challenging discriminatory practices and protecting personal choices made in accordance with state law.



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