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2. Section 8 (housing) - Wikipedia

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   The main Section 8 program involves the voucher program. A voucher may be either "project-based"—where its use is limited to a specific apartment complex (public housing agencies (PHAs) may reserve up to 20% of its vouchers as such [9])—or "tenant-based", where the tenant is free to choose a unit in the private sector, is not limited to specific complexes, and may reside anywhere in the ...

3. For first time, California civil rights officials file ... - AOL

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   California civil rights officials have sued two Sacramento landlords, alleging they illegally harassed and evicted a tenant because she paid through a Section 8 voucher. The lawsuit, announced ...

4. Costa–Hawkins Rental Housing Act - Wikipedia

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   Costa–Hawkins Rental Housing Act. The Costa–Hawkins Rental Housing Act ("Costa–Hawkins") is a California state law, enacted in 1995, which places limits on municipal rent control ordinances. Costa–Hawkins preempts the field in two major ways. [1] First, it prohibits cities from establishing rent control over certain kinds of residential ...

5. Low-Income Housing Tax Credit - Wikipedia

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   [Section 1.42-5(b)][1] The initial eligibility requirements include, but are not limited to, income eligibility, rent restriction, full-time student limitations, and non-exclusion of Section 8 applicants. Also, each year the tenant remains in the low-income unit, a re-examination or recertification must be performed to ensure the tenant ...

6. Housing discrimination in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Although the covenants were later made illegal in 1948, they were still allowed to be in private deeds. [8] The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) was responsible for much of the housing discrimination in the US due to explicit racially discriminatory policies. The FHA believed allowing Black Americans to live in white neighborhood would ...

7. How Section 8 vouchers fail Sacramento’s unhoused ... - AOL

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   October 12, 2023 at 5:00 AM. The first time Kristi Phillips applied for a Sacramento Section 8 housing voucher, she was pregnant with her son Ty. Now, Ty is 14. She’s still on the waiting list ...