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TexasTowelie

(111,313 posts)
Tue Feb 19, 2019, 08:37 PM Feb 2019

Bill would make Section 8 and other assistance not count as rent [View all]

A bill under consideration at the Capitol could give landlords the ability to evict tenants who pay their rents with assistance from non-profits, churches and the federal government’s Section 8 housing voucher program.

Rep. Ben Toma, R-Peoria, said he introduced House Bill 2358 at the request of the Arizona Multihousing Association, a trade group for large rental properties.

During a House Commerce Committee hearing last week, Toma said the bill is a response to a Maricopa County Superior Court ruling from last year.

The crux of the ruling was that if a landlord accepts a rental housing voucher payment that counts as partial payment, a tenant is protected under Arizona law from eviction.

Read more: https://www.azmirror.com/2019/02/19/bill-would-make-section-8-and-other-assistance-not-count-as-rent/

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WHAT !!!!!!!!!! pangaia Feb 2019 #1
Repukes continue to wage war on poor people. muntrv Feb 2019 #2
Terrific. MFM008 Feb 2019 #3
Is there an under supply of rental property? underpants Feb 2019 #4
Phoenix resident here madeup64 Feb 2019 #5
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