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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good luck weeding out section 8 tenants as a landlord in DC or nationwide these days. [b]There’s a huge movement to prevent people from discriminating against those with vouchers[/b]. Whether it’s to try and end the use of credit score rating in screening applicants or removing their names from any applications so there’s no name bias, it will get very hard for landlords in DC, or much harder, to simply screen out tenants they don’t want without being accused of discrimination.

It’ll get to the point where you have to interview everyone, and then you’ll be scared you’ll go to court if for some reason the person with the section 8 voucher doesn’t get the house or the apartment you’re trying to rent. It sucks people want just won’t let the market work the way it should. I do understand racism is a terrible thing and name discrimination and racial discrimination definitely exists in the rental market. However, forcing people to take on section 8 tenants and they otherwise would not do so isn’t fair. Also, how is it fair to working people for someone to get a voucher in the first place? Why do some people get vouchers another stone? What is vouchers pay for so much? Is it crazy to wonder why people should be able to have their pick up housing in the central parts of the city when others have to move out to the suburbs to afford something?

Essentially, being a landlord in DC is tough. Automated systems for listing your property online may now make it harder because of the Biden ministration’s new rules regarding housing policy and rentals. 74% of landlords are small time landlords. It’s very annoying how hard they have to make it in the name of promoting racial justice and all this other stuff. Not everyone wants to rent to section 8 tenants and they shouldn’t be forced to if they don’t want to.[/quote]

I don't understand this thinking. Isn't a landlord required to go through a whole process with the Housing Authority in order to qualify to be a a section 8 landlord? If you haven't gone through that process, how could you be accused of discriminating against tenants who you aren't approved to accept? (Speaking as a small (1 unit) landlord)[/quote]

If someone applies for your unit and you don't take them because they have a voucher, or you refuse to deal with the Housing Authority (basically this involves another inspection and uploading a bunch of documents through a web portal) you could get a source of income discrimination complaint. Could you get away with saying "look DCHA told me it would take a month to do this and I found someone who could move in sooner at the same rent"? Maybe, if it's true. But it would be a pain to deal with the complaint and have OAG put out a press release with your name when they charge you.[/quote]

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