Sex-Offender Free Subdivisions

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

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August 3, 2006, 5:00 AM PDT

By LL

"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."

Thanks to Linda LaSut

FULL STORY: Efforts grow to keep tabs on sex offenders

Friday, July 28, 2006 in The Christian Science Monitor

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