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The California Apartment Association is reminding its members that it’s against California law to include “No Section 8” or similar verbiage in advertisements for rental housing.
As of Jan. 1, Senate Bill 329 prohibits landlords from rejecting a prospective tenant solely based on the applicant’s use of a Section 8 federal housing voucher. The law also bans advertisements that say voucher-holders won’t be considered for tenancy. The legislation applies to apartment and single-family home rentals.
The California Apartment Association has been educating the rental housing industry about SB 329 for months. Efforts have included publishing articles about the legislation at caanet.org and in its newsletter, creating an Industry Insight compliance paper on… Read More
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The California Apartment
Association this week issued an “Industry Insight” paper to help rental housing
owners comply with a Section 8-related ordinance taking effect Jan. 1 in the
city of Los Angeles.
Effective New Year’s Day, the city’s “source of income protection”
law will require that landlords consider for tenancy all applicants with the
ability to pay for a given unit, including those who would pay their rent using
Section 8.
This ordinance mirrors the provisions in SB 329, a statewide Section
8-related law also taking effect Jan. 1.
Both the L.A. ordinance and SB 329 ban blanket policies against
renting… Read More
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