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The Kansas City ordinance provided new protections against discrimination based on renters’ source of income. Missouri Republicans target KC housing law praised by renters, criticized by ...
“Source of income discrimination is a social justice issue,” KC Tenants said in a written statement released Thursday and signed by 30 organizations, ranging from churches and neighborhood ...
Enforcement record mixed. On average it takes five years for source of income anti-discrimination laws to have a real substantive impact, the authors of an October 2022 Urban Institute report found.
KC Tenants was founded with an annual budget of $30,000, which has grown to almost $600,000 in June 2023. [1] The union has worked together with Mayor Quinton Lucas on housing policy, [3] notably passing a tenant's bill of rights in 2019 that included banning "discrimination against prospective tenants solely because of a prior arrest, conviction or eviction."
Section 8 housing vouchers provide housing assistance for low-income, elderly, and disabled individuals or families. [1] The term “source of income discrimination” is used by housing advocates [2] to describe a phenomenon that is legal nationwide in the United States but is increasingly being banned on the state [3] and city level.
After eight years on the waitlist, Mikia Knighten was excited to learn in October 2022 that she had received a housing voucher from the Chicago Housing Authority. The rental subsidy would allow ...
Missouri v. Jenkins, 515 U.S. 70 (1995), is a case decided by the United States Supreme Court.On June 12, 1995 the Court, in a 5–4 decision, reversed a district court ruling that required the state of Missouri to correct intentional racial discrimination in Kansas City schools by funding salary increases and remedial education programs.
The proposed ordinance banning landlords from denying tenants who pay with vouchers seems to be heading toward passage, but its timeline and scope remains uncertain.