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Ames Section 8 participants subject to new background checks

By Jason Hancock 12/18/08

The City of Ames has decided to institute national background checks for all participants in its Section 8 housing assistance program.
The new background checks are an expansion of those currently utilized which only use state data.
The decision comes after an Ames resident filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the city, asking for the [...]

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