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[quote=Anonymous]Here is what people need to understand about the vouncher program.  A number of years ago, DC added "source of income" as a protected class in its human rights law.   While there are a minority of (mostly liberal) jurisidictions which have done this over the last 15 years in order to expand affordable housing access, I would argue that "source of income" is not an immutable characteristic such as race, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, etc. and should not be given unfettered protection.  But that's where we are.  The reality is that while many, perhaps most, of voucher tenants are law abiding citizens of limited means, there is a subset of voucher holder tenants who exhibit severe anti-social behaviors.  Their effect on a building means that gradually a building's market rate tenants---who have more economic mobility---will simply leave.  The Council should revisit  the scope of the "source of income" protection and be more nuanced.  Landlords should do their fair share in terms of voucher acceptance but should not be required to accept vouchers ad infinitum or risk being sued.  Our courts should also be far more efficient in allowing Landlords to evict tenants who are exhibiting anti-social lease violation behaviors.[/quote]

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