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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. Ellis Act - Wikipedia

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   Tenant groups in San Francisco and Los Angeles claim that California landlords commonly misuse the Ellis Act "to bypass rent control" [23] [24] and to cash in during peak housing market periods [25] by managing rent-stabilized properties to vacancy, when they might demolish buildings to build pricey condominiums, retenant newly-vacated units at ...

6. Source of income discrimination - Wikipedia

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   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.

7. California lawmakers vote to ban mandatory evictions for ...

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   California legislators vote to ban laws that force landlords to evict tenants based on criminal histories. Such policies can disproportionately affect Black and Latino renters.

8. Costa–Hawkins Rental Housing Act - Wikipedia

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   [48] [49] In the City of Los Angeles, the date is October, 1978. [50] [51] These exemptions, however, may leave most of a city's total rental stock under rent control. For example, in San Francisco, as of 2014, about 75% of all rental units were rent controlled, [52] and in Los Angeles in 2014, 80% of multifamily units were rent controlled. [53]: 1

9. California is clawing back some COVID-19 rent relief it gave ...

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   The state has sent emails asking some tenants and landlords to return their rent relief months after they’ve received it. California is clawing back some COVID-19 rent relief it gave to tenants ...