Anti-discrimination and affordable housing activists continue to bring suit against owners who do not participate in the Section 8 program or do not count subsidy payments when assessing creditworthiness. The suits allege violations of state and local “source of income” nondiscrimination statutes. This type of litigation, together with a federal affordable housing policy that increasingly relies on the marketability of Section 8 vouchers, can be expected to increase public pressure on non-participating owners to accept Section 8 voucher holders.
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