Iowa governor signs law allowing landlords to refuse Section 8 vouchers

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) on Friday signed into law a new bill condemned by housing advocates and city officials that would allow landlords to turn away tenants who receive Section 8 vouchers to help them pay rent.

The bill, which passed in both chambers of the Republican-controlled Iowa General Assembly in March, prohibits counties from adopting laws that would prohibit a landlord "from refusing to lease or rent out a dwelling unit to a person because of the person's use of a federal housing voucher issued by the United States department of housing and urban development."

The measure, which goes into effect Jan. 1, 2023, will override laws preventing the practice currently in place in three Iowa cities: Des Moines, Iowa City and Marion.

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According to data from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), renters of roughly 20,000 housing units in Iowa use federal vouchers, with the average household income of participants at $12,577 per year.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/iowa-governor-signs-law-allowing-landlords-to-refuse-section-8-vouchers/ar-BB1ggexu

[Peacetrain]

1. Iowa City is the blueberry in the tomato soup!!

And Reynolds wrap would do anything to step on those who are in need and grind them into the ground.

[AllaN01Bear]

2. then they will start whining and complaining about more homeless people.

[rsdsharp]

7. Does that make Des Moines the egg plant?

I don’t even know what to call Cedar Rapids, Davenport and Ames.

[madaboutharry]

3. Kim Reynolds is always looking for new ways to be hateful.

Reynolds and the republicans in the Iowa legislature are a bunch of reactionary John Birchers.

[alphafemale]

4. As the old saying goes. Cut off your nose to spite your face?

Shaking my head.

Maybe they do not want to maintain some minimum standards required for Section 8?

[Runningdawg]

5. I had no idea all red states didn't already have this law.

I am sure if OK thought they could get away with it, the would make it a law that NO ONE could rent for section 8. But that would piss off all the slum lords.

[moondust]

6. "Big Gubment" is back baby!

Iowa GQP also won't let localities raise their minimum wage. Several counties had done so and then in 2017...

Iowa (GQP) lawmakers repealed local minimum-wage increases in four counties that acted when state and federal leaders refused.

https://iowapolicypoints.org/2018/08/31/labor-day-celebrating-what-was-and-what-could-be/

They would very likely abolish the minimum wage altogether like Michele Bachman supported in 2011 if it wasn't federally mandated. So much for GQP local control bullshit.