The city of Dallas and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development have settled a complaint that involved the city’s use of incentives for locating low-income housing.
The agreement makes sure Dallas won’t lose millions of dollars from penalties and federal housing subsidies. But there’s a tradeoff: It requires the city to consider an option guaranteed to anger some neighborhoods and landlords.
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Currently in Dallas, landlords can refuse to lease to public housing clients who use Section 8 vouchers to pay the rent. But that could change, says Dallas City Council member Scott Griggs, who's vice chairman of the city’s housing committee.
The city’s agreement with HUD requires council members to consider an ordinance that would prohibit any landlord from rejecting tenants based on the source of their income.
“If this passes, a landlord cannot discriminate against an individual, a family or anyone, if their source of income is a housing choice voucher, which is commonly known as a Section 8 voucher,” Griggs said.
http://keranews.org/post/griggs-dallas-will-consider-requiring-landlords-accept-public-housing-vouchers
The agreement makes sure Dallas won’t lose millions of dollars from penalties and federal housing subsidies. But there’s a tradeoff: It requires the city to consider an option guaranteed to anger some neighborhoods and landlords.
Listen Listening... Story on KERA radio
Currently in Dallas, landlords can refuse to lease to public housing clients who use Section 8 vouchers to pay the rent. But that could change, says Dallas City Council member Scott Griggs, who's vice chairman of the city’s housing committee.
The city’s agreement with HUD requires council members to consider an ordinance that would prohibit any landlord from rejecting tenants based on the source of their income.
“If this passes, a landlord cannot discriminate against an individual, a family or anyone, if their source of income is a housing choice voucher, which is commonly known as a Section 8 voucher,” Griggs said.
http://keranews.org/post/griggs-dallas-will-consider-requiring-landlords-accept-public-housing-vouchers
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