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Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Court Finds Compulsory Participation in Section 8 Unconstitutional

A portion of the New York State Human Rights Law prohibiting landlords from discriminating against potential tenants based on their source of income, forcing landlords to participate in Section 8, was found unconstitutional....more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

New York Source-of-Income Antidiscrimination Statute Deemed Unconstitutional

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The source-of-income antidiscrimination statute in the New York State Human Rights Law (NYSHRL) is unconstitutional as it violates the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, New York State Supreme Court Judge Mark G....more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

Fair Housing Update: PA Supreme Court Strikes Ordinance Requiring Pittsburgh Landlords to Accept Section 8 Vouchers

Last week, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a decision that affirms the Commonwealth Court’s ruling that the City of Pittsburgh cannot require landlords in the city to participate in the federal Section 8 voucher...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Residential Evictions: What Tenants Need To Know-UPDATED July, 2020 #1

LOCKOUTS- Can I be locked out of my home during the COVID-19 emergency? No. On March 19, 2020, New Jersey Governor Philip Murphy issued Executive Order 106, which immediately suspends evictions throughout the state....more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

Fair Housing Update: PA Court Voids Pittsburgh Landlords’ Mandatory Acceptance of Section 8 Vouchers

In October 2019, we wrote about the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision in Apartment Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh v. Pittsburgh, in which the court vacated the Commonwealth Court’s earlier order declaring that the...more

Dentons

Certain Landlords Must Adapt Screening Policies Due to Source of Income Laws

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Effective September 1, 2019, the Des Moines City Council enacted an ordinance making it illegal for landlords to deny tenant-applicants based on the applicant’s utilization of governmental assistance or otherwise based upon...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Lawmakers Starting to Combat Discrimination Against Tenants Who Receive Housing Aid 

In theory, Section 8 vouchers should provide opportunities for low-income people, including many people with disabilities, to move into middle class neighborhoods. In practice, people with Section 8 vouchers are largely...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New Law Aimed At Assisting Low Income Renters Invokes Additional Restraints on California Landlords

As part of his last legislative act of 2019, Governor Newsom signed 18 housing-related bills into law in an attempt to alleviate California’s housing crisis. This package included Senate Bill (“SB”) 329, which prohibits...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

Fair Housing Update: PA Supreme Court Orders Lower Court To Reconsider Its Decision to Strike Ordinance Requiring Pittsburgh...

Earlier this year, we wrote about the recent Commonwealth Court case, Apartment Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh v. Pittsburgh, in which the Court struck down a Pittsburgh ordinance that would require landlords to...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

Fair Housing Update: City of Pittsburgh Appeals Court Determination that “Source of Income” Does Not Include Section 8 Vouchers

On March 13 we wrote about the recent Commonwealth Court case, Apartment Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh v. Pittsburgh, in which the Court struck down a Pittsburgh ordinance that would have required landlords to accept...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

Fair Housing: “Source of Income” Does Not Include Section 8 Vouchers in Pittsburgh

In a recent case, the Commonwealth Court struck down a Pittsburgh ordinance that would have required landlords to accept Section 8 vouchers from tenants. In Apartment Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh v. Pittsburgh, the...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Not-So-Sudden Impact: Insurers Face A New Breed Of Claim Under the Fair Housing Act (Part 1 of 3)

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Late in June, in Texas Dept. of Housing v. Inclusive Communities, No. 13–1371 (U.S. June 25, 2015), the U.S. Supreme Court ended years of debate by embracing a “disparate impact” claim against a housing authority under the...more

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