Today, Councilmember Georgette G\u00f3mez will introduce the Source of Income Discrimination Ordinance to the Smart Growth and Land Use Committee. The ordinance bars landlords and property managers from discriminating against applicants simply because they receive Section 8 rental voucher.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur City has a responsibility to ensure all San Diegans have access to housing opportunities throughout the City,”\u00a0Councilmember Georgette G\u00f3mez said. \u201cProtecting our families on Section 8 from discrimination is important for reducing undue barriers in an already tight rental market.\u201d<\/p>\n
In San Diego, over\u00a015,000\u00a0low-income\u00a0households\u00a0receive\u00a0Section\u00a08\u00a0rental\u00a0assistance. The proposed ordinance protects these families by banning all source of income discrimination, including rental assistance and housing subsidy.<\/p>\n
The development of the ordinance was prompted after the Penasquitos\u00a0Village\/Pacific\u00a0Village housing development project that displaced 332 households, including 149 Section 8 families. These families experienced significant difficulties in locating new housing that would accommodate their voucher.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are asking all landlords give Section 8 tenants an opportunity to be considered, and to evaluate them in the same way as someone who doesn\u2019t have Section 8,\u201d Committee Consultant Keryna Johnson said.\u201cLandlords will still have the ability to use their rental criteria to screen the voucher holders like all other tenants, but can\u2019t say no simply because of their voucher. By continuing to work with various stakeholders and the Housing Commission, our office believes we can make the process mutually beneficial for both landlords and tenants.\u201d<\/p>\n
After today\u2019s hearing at 2 p.m., the ordinance will go to the full City Council for consideration in July.<\/p>\n
\u2014Office of Councilmember Georgette G\u00f3mez.\u00a0<\/em>Councilmember G\u00f3mez represents the Ninth Council District of the City of San Diego, which includes the communities of Alvarado Estates, City Heights, College Area, College View Estates, El Cerrito, Kensington, Mesa Colony, Mountain View, Mt. Hope, Rolando, Southcrest, and Talmadge.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today, Councilmember Georgette G\u00f3mez will introduce the Source of Income Discrimination Ordinance to the Smart Growth and Land Use Committee. The ordinance bars landlords and property managers from discriminating against applicants simply because they receive Section 8 rental voucher. \u201cOur City has a responsibility to ensure all San Diegans have access to housing opportunities throughout […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":253373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11555","_seopress_titles_title":"Councilmember G\u00f3mez proposes ordinance protecting Section 8 voucher holders","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11547,11551,11593,11555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-253374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-news","category-no-images","category-uptown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}