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Sex-Offender Free Subdivisions

Posted by: LL
Thanks to: Linda LaSut
3 August 2006 - 5:00am

New trends in home development and technologies are helping people avoid living near a sex offender.

"Hundreds of cities and 15 states have laws that restrict where sex offenders can live. Now, private businesses are getting into the act of protecting residents from this group, too.

A Texas developer, for instance, is building "sex offender free subdivisions" here and in Kansas, and a new national website, started by a Texan, lists homes for sale that have no registered sex offenders living within a half-mile radius.

It's all part of a wide-ranging effort to address Americans' concerns about sex offenders living next door."

Full Story: Efforts grow to keep tabs on sex offenders
Source: The Christian Science Monitor, July 28, 2006
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