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Indianapolis Council Proposal 215 - adding "Source of Income" to the discrimination list
This month the Indianapolis Council is to consider City Council General Ordinance No. 215. This proposal will require/mandate that all Landlords accept Section 8 vouchers and be subject to rules that go along with the vouchers. This is adding Source of Income to the discrimination list (i.e. race, color, religion, etc.).
From what I gather, this has been attempted before but has failed. I have attached the link for review and comment. What do the Indianapolis landlords think?
http://www.indy.gov/eGov/Council/Proposals/Documents/2014/PROP14-215.pdf
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I am not rabidly anti-govt in any way, nor do I believe in discrimination. If Section 8 was just about taking portion of the rent from the govt, that would actually be a positive for me as a landlord. But its not that simple. Now I have a third party with a say in the contract. The condition of the property, the amount rents can be raised, how and when evictions are done etc etc. Thats the part I have the biggest issue with. If a Section 8 tenant was simply like any other tenant who gets govt assistance, thats okay. I don't care if the tenant is on SSI and pays rent that way. The SS Administration doesn't force me to do anything different for that tenant than any other. HUD on the other hand imposes themselves on me and thats where I have the biggest issue.