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[4] [5] Participation in the Section 8 Housing Voucher Program is largely voluntary for landlords. [6] The Biden Administration acknowledged the practice is currently legal federally but promised to address the issue. [7] State laws banning source of income discrimination vary widely with some including protections for tenants using section 8 ...
Landlord organizations say some property owners shy away from accepting Section 8 tenants because government red tape can force them to endure long waits for required inspections and paperwork ...
The main Section 8 program involves the voucher program. A voucher may be either "project-based"—where its use is limited to a specific apartment complex (public housing agencies (PHAs) may reserve up to 20% of its vouchers as such [11])—or "tenant-based", where the tenant is free to choose a unit in the private sector, is not limited to specific complexes, and may reside anywhere in the ...
Some racial minorities suffer the purposeful neglect of service needs, such as a landlord fixing a white tenant's bathtub quickly but delaying to fix the bathtub of the minority tenant. [59] Data obtained by Ohio Civil Rights Commission studied housing discrimination cases between 1988 and 2003, and of the 2,176 cases filed, 1,741 were filed by ...
In what it terms a "renters bill of rights," the Biden administration has unveiled a new plan of action to protect American renters from unfair housing practices and steep rent increases. See: 40...
Section 8 tenants, not unlike the girl no one wants to ask to the dance, are enjoying a sudden surge in popularity. They were unwanted when the market sizzled because the rent on their units is ...
Landlords can lawfully discriminate against tenants with bad credit histories or low incomes, and (except in some areas) do not have to rent to tenants who will be receiving Section 8 vouchers. Landlords must be consistent in the screening, treat tenants who are inside and outside the protected classes in the same manner, and should document ...
California’s law makes it illegal for landlords and businesses to raise prices more than 10% in a state of emergency — punishable by up to $10,000 in fines or a year in jail.