‘Common sense’ or blow to landlords? Kansas City fight brews over tenant discrimination By Mike Hendricks Updated December 11, 2023 Read this story online here. Stacey West felt like she’d won the lottery. Nearly three years after applying for rental assistance, she was awarded a federal housing voucher that would help West and her three kids move out of her mother’s … [Read more...] about Kansas City tenants and landlords spar over housing vouchers (Kansas City Star, December 11, 2023)
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Council committee to hold public hearing Tuesday on Source of Income Discrimination
Tuesday, November 14 By Jillian Riseman, CivicLex Weekly for the Lexington Times The Social Services and Public Safety Committee is holding a special meeting Tuesday at 6pm in Council Chambers to hear public input on banning Source of Income (SOI) Discrimination. This meeting was set by Committee Chair Councilmember Jennifer Reynolds after they heard a presentation on SOI … [Read more...] about Council committee to hold public hearing Tuesday on Source of Income Discrimination
The arc of opportunity: a decade of research on housing, neighborhoods, and social mobility (August-December 2023 P&R Journal)
— Raj Chetty (Keynote address at the 9th National Housing Mobility Conference. September 20, 2023) There's no higher compliment, in my view, for an academic than seeing that your work has had a real impact on people's lives, so this conference is incredibly meaningful to me. And of course, that impact is only possible because of the work you all do, so I'm very grateful for … [Read more...] about The arc of opportunity: a decade of research on housing, neighborhoods, and social mobility (August-December 2023 P&R Journal)
Letter re HUD guidance on Source of Income Discrimination (October 3, 2023)
October 3, 2023 Richard J. Monocchio, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Danielle Bastarache, Deputy Assistant Secretary Office of Public and Indian Housing Department of Housing and Urban Development Washington, DC Re: HUD guidance on source of income discrimination Dear HUD colleagues, We are writing to urge HUD (and specifically the Office of Public and Indian … [Read more...] about Letter re HUD guidance on Source of Income Discrimination (October 3, 2023)
Section 8 Tenants Are Using New Laws To Fight Housing Bias
By Jack Karp for Law360 | July 21, 2023 Landlords around the country routinely refuse to rent to tenants who rely on housing vouchers and other forms of financial assistance, so a growing number of low-income tenants and their advocates are using recently passed source-of-income laws to fight the practice. Megan Morse had hoped to use her rental assistance voucher to … [Read more...] about Section 8 Tenants Are Using New Laws To Fight Housing Bias
