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2. Section 8 (housing) - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. Housing nonprofit alleges widespread discrimination against ...

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   "It's time for California to get tough." The Section 8 program, named after a section of the federal Housing Act, is one of the U.S. government’s most powerful tools to keep rental housing ...

4. For first time, California civil rights officials file ... - AOL

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   The California Civil Rights Department sued two landlords, alleging they discriminated against a Section 8 tenant. It was the first such suit the department brought.

5. Source of income discrimination - Wikipedia

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   When a Section 8 voucher participant rents from a participating landlord, the local PHA “pays the difference between the household’s contribution (set at 30 percent of income) and the total monthly rent.” [13] The Section 8 voucher program does not set a maximum rent, but participants must pay the difference between the calculated subsidy ...

6. Ellis Act - Wikipedia

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   The Ellis Act (California Government Code Chapter 12.75) [1] is a 1985 California state law that allows landlords to evict residential tenants to "go out of the rental business" in spite of desires by local governments to compel them to continue providing rental housing.

7. ‘A fighting chance.’ California can’t deny rent relief after ...

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   During the year and a half the program has been active, it’s provided more than $3.9 billion in rental assistance to more than 340,000 tenant households throughout the state, according to HCD data.