News and Tribune, Carson Gerber CNHI State Reporter May 11, 2023 Sharon Norwood received a federal voucher to help pay for rent after she was evicted in 2020 from her home of 11 years. She wanted to use the financial assistance to live in Evergreen Park, a Chicago suburb with good schools and safe streets for the six children she was raising. Sharon Norwood … [Read more...] about Black families to benefit, eventually, from income discrimination ban in Illinois
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Rescreening and Portability letter 5-1-23
May 1, 2023 Office of Public and Indian Housing Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Office of General Counsel Department of Housing and Urban Development 451 7th Street, SW, Room 10276 Washington, DC 20410-0500 RE: Housing Choice Voucher Program: Rescreening of Porting Participants Dear colleagues, We are writing to express our continuing concern … [Read more...] about Rescreening and Portability letter 5-1-23
National Fair Housing Groups AFFH Sign-on Letter
April 24, 2023 RE: Docket No. FR-6250-P-01; Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing To Whom It May Concern: The 48 undersigned fair housing, civil rights, housing advocacy, faith, consumer, women’s, real estate, LGBTQI+, senior and allied organizations submit these comments on HUD’s proposed new affirmatively furthering fair housing (AFFH) regulation (Docket No. … [Read more...] about National Fair Housing Groups AFFH Sign-on Letter
Columbia, Missouri Ordinance Amended to Include Source of Income Discrimination Language (March 2023)
Permanent Record filed in Clerk's office. Ordinance no.025279 Introduced by Buffaloe First Readin 3-6-23 Second Reading -3-20-23 Ordinance No. 025279 Council Bill No. B 39-23 AN ORDINANCE amending Chapter 12 of the City Code to add source or income as a protected category under discriminatory practices; amending Chapter 19 of the City Code relating to the … [Read more...] about Columbia, Missouri Ordinance Amended to Include Source of Income Discrimination Language (March 2023)
State and Local Source-of-Income Nondiscrimination Laws: Protections that Expand Housing Choice and Access (PRRAC, Updated March 2024)
Updated September 2024 Read Appendix B here... Set out below is a compilation of state, local, and federal statutes prohibiting discrimination in the housing market based on source of income, along with an annotated bibliography of studies and published articles relating to discrimination against families with federal Housing Choice Vouchers. You can use the hyperlinks in the … [Read more...] about State and Local Source-of-Income Nondiscrimination Laws: Protections that Expand Housing Choice and Access (PRRAC, Updated March 2024)
