{"id":83127,"date":"2019-02-27T06:28:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T14:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eastcountytoday.net\/?p=83127"},"modified":"2019-02-27T06:33:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T14:33:31","slug":"senator-introduces-bill-to-require-landlords-to-consider-section-8-applicants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastcountytoday.net\/senator-introduces-bill-to-require-landlords-to-consider-section-8-applicants\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Introduces Bill to Require Landlords to Consider Section 8 Applicants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A bill introduced in mid-February by <strong>Senator Holly Mitchell<\/strong> (D-Los Angeles) would make it illegal to deny tenancy for those on Section 8 and instead require landlords to consider prospective tenants who use Section 8.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Existing law, the Fair Employment and Housing Act, prohibits housing discrimination, including discrimination through public or private land use practices, decisions, or authorizations, based on specified personal characteristics, including source of income. Existing law defines the term \u201csource of income\u201d for purposes of the provisions relating to discrimination in housing accommodations described above, to mean lawful, verifiable income paid directly to a tenant or paid to a representative of a tenant.<\/p>\n<p>Under <a href=\"http:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB329\">Senate Bill 329<\/a> This bill would instead define the term for purposes of those provisions, to mean verifiable income paid directly to a tenant, or paid to a housing owner or landlord on behalf of a tenant, including federal, state, or local public assistance and housing subsidies, as specified.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, Section 8 housing vouchers do not meet source-of-income standards and SB 329 changes the definition so source of income includes the housing subsidies paid by the government to the landlords.<\/p>\n<p><strong>According to the Bill:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SECTION 1.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Section 12927 of the Government Code is amended to read:<\/p>\n<p>(I) \u201cSource of income\u201d means lawful, verifiable income paid directly to a<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"> tenant or paid to a representative of a tenant. For the purposes of this definition, a landlord is not considered a representative of a tenant.<\/span><em> tenant, or paid to a housing owner or landlord on behalf of a tenant, including federal, state, or local public assistance, and federal, state, or local housing subsidies, including, but not limited to, federal housing assistance vouchers issued under Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1437f).<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>SEC. 2.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Section 12955 of the Government Code is amended to read:<\/p>\n<h6>12955.<\/h6>\n<p>It shall be unlawful:<\/p>\n<p>(p)\u00a0(1)\u00a0For the purposes of this section, \u201csource of income\u201d means lawful, verifiable income paid directly to a<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"> tenant or paid to a representative of a tenant. For the purposes of this section, a landlord is not considered a representative of a tenant.<\/span><em> tenant, or paid to a housing owner or landlord on behalf of a tenant, including federal, state, or local public assistance, and federal, state, or local housing subsidies, including, but not limited to, federal housing assistance vouchers issued under Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 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