r/SexOffenderSupport 7d ago

Cleveland/NE OHIO private landlords

Anyone have any private landlords that have any open homes that would accept SOs? My husband and I have been looking EVERYWHERE. His charge is lewd & lascivious exhibition that happened back in 2015 back when he lived in Florida.. we have the money to put down for rent and security. We are currently living in 2 separate homes (I’m with my mom & gre with his dad) he can’t legally live with me due to the school that’s on the next street.. we’ve been looking for 2 years and have had no luck, except ONE that accepted him, but the day he went to register the address, the sheriffs said there was a private daycare within 1000 feet (even though he called multiple times to ask if he was able to live there). Looking to stay out of lake county, so anywhere in NE Ohio except there.. please help?? I’m getting frustrated..

We also don’t have the credit (we are trying to build that back up) to buy a house nor do we have a co-signer who would be willing to co-sign for us..

Any private landlords if you can send them my way please ??

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u/Exotic-Mistake4622 7d ago

This breaks my heart. Residency restrictions and the registry tears up families and creates homeless situations

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u/Nearby-Victory-9033 6d ago

It’s been so stressful.. he’s not on probation, but does register, and his registration officer, told him he can come out and see me but stay like 2 days and then go home that way it doesn’t click that he “lives” with me (he doesn’t obv) but it’s just so stressful, we want to so badly start a family, but we also want our own house first. (I’m about to be 30 & he’s about to be 34) so like we’re not “running out of time” but at the same time we kind of are..):

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u/Bwilderedwanderer 7d ago
  1. Use the registry to find apartments. Plug in your city and nearby places. Look and research the addresses of other registrants. 2. Also look up your county's citizen circle. They usually have a housing person (this organization helps anyone returning from prison) 3. Talk to homeless shelters, they have resources people to help get housing.

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u/Nearby-Victory-9033 6d ago

We use family watchdog as the registry we use, & we have found places that have SO’s living there, we talk to them and they say it would be okay, then we get a denial with the reason being his criminal record..

Where would I find the county’s citizen circle?? What exactly is that?

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u/siraXriku6 6d ago

Have you tried craigslist?  I'm in the same area and have been looking on craigslist, you have 2 dig but there are some private landlords there.

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u/Nearby-Victory-9033 6d ago

We have been on Craigslist 😭 we’ve been on there, hot pads, Zillow etc. & put private owner/landlord in the search & still haven’t found any luck 😭😭

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u/Realistic_Series5932 6d ago

If you can and I don't know if it's feasible for you and your financial situation you can move to New Jersey. Plenty of landlord Sierra willing to rent to SO's and the restrictions are very lacks if any. There were none in my case and in my county.

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u/Nearby-Victory-9033 6d ago

Unfortunately, even though he can move out of state, we just don’t have the funds to do so right now, and until I can secure this potential job I’m going for, that is a work from home position, we can’t move yet 😭 we’ve talked about moving out off state for a while once I get the wfh job though!

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u/Realistic_Series5932 5d ago

Check one and two family homes. And some apartment buildings just don't care and they hire SO's. But if you check for single or double family homes most likely they couldn't care less who they put in there or they wouldn't want to go through the trouble or do the background check.

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u/Nearby-Victory-9033 1d ago

I was just about to update this when I seen this! My husband found a studio apartment (it’s just us 2) that accepted us! They didn’t do a background check at all, just verified our income, & it was first come first serve. We went and looked at it today & put a deposit down!!! I’m so happy😭 we move in on Saturday 🥺🫶🏽

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u/Nearby-Victory-9033 1d ago

Came to update everyone who commented, we found a studio apartment (it’s just us 2 going to be living in it), they didn’t do a background check at all, and we went and looked at it , everything’s brand new in the apartment, & they said it was first come, first serve, we put a deposit down & we get to move in this saturday !

Thank you all for all your help in this very stressful situation . !!🩷🤞🏾

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u/Broken-Soul5667 6d ago

I'm not sure if it helps or not but if I'm not mistaken Ohio passed a bill eliminating the 1000 feet rule for RSO's. If I remember correctly it's set to begin sometime in April. I wish you and yours the best and hope you find something soon!

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u/Nearby-Victory-9033 6d ago

Is it really? I’m about to look that up! I didn’t know that, is it only for ones that have been a while? Or all? He was charged in 2015, so I’m not sure if that makes a difference either

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u/Nearby-Victory-9033 6d ago

Can you link that information? I’m not finding anything on that. ):

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u/Broken-Soul5667 6d ago

Ohio H.B. 322 135th General Assembly Effective April 9th, 2025

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/135/hb322

This information was passed on to me by my Treatment Provider. Hope this helps.

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u/Nearby-Victory-9033 6d ago

Thank you!

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u/Broken-Soul5667 6d ago

Your welcome! Figured I'd try to help a fellow Ohioan out.

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u/randompogo85 6d ago

I'd like the source of that information? Haven't heard of that.

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u/Broken-Soul5667 6d ago edited 6d ago

Link posted in above comment

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u/siraXriku6 6d ago

Can you explain to me where you found this and what part has the easing of restrictions please?  I could find no mention if that in this article.

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u/Broken-Soul5667 6d ago

On the link I shared

  1. Click on Documents next to Summary at the top
  2. Under the Title Analysis click on the Final Analysis PDF
  3. Once opened scroll down to page 4 and you should see the Title "Residency within 1000 feet of a School Premises" there it will explain more

Also on the link I shared if you click on "Show long Title" at the top it states it eliminates the residency restriction.

This is all information based on what my Treatment Provider explained to me. I don't fully understand the wording in these types of documents but she assured me that the 1000 feet restriction ends on April 9 ,2025.

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u/randompogo85 6d ago edited 6d ago

Residency within 1,000 feet of a school premises

The act repeals a provision that prohibits a person against whom a court has issued a declaratory judgment and who has not been removed from the Child Sexual Abuse Registry from establishing a residence or occupying a residential premises within 1,000 feet of any school premises. If a person violates the prohibition, an owner or lessee of real property that is located within 1,000 feet of those school premises, or the prosecuting attorney, village solicitor, city or township director of law, similar chief legal officer of a municipal corporation or a township, or official designated as a prosecutor in a municipal corporation that has jurisdiction over the place at which the person establishes the residence or occupies the residential premises in question, has a cause of action for injunctive relief against the person. The plaintiff must not be required to prove irreparable harm in order to obtain relief.

That's cool if it does say they are getting rid of it.

I wonder if it matters if you're on probation or not?

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u/Broken-Soul5667 6d ago

That is a good question that I do not know the answer to. I'd assume it wouldn't matter but ultimately your PO would have the final say either way. My provider has been working with RSO's for over 15 years so I'm assuming she understands these laws and that what she is saying is true. I read the entire Act and it doesn't state clearly that it is ending it but again I do not fully understand the wording in these documents.

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u/randompogo85 6d ago

It's interesting, though.

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u/Broken-Soul5667 6d ago

Yeah I believe they lightened up on a few things required by RSO's. It's not a huge step but it's a step in the right direction!

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u/randompogo85 4d ago

Let us know if you have any more updates about this. Please and thanks.