Our friends at the Utah Apartment Association has notified us of a need to alert our Senators of the desire to make Section 8 an Optional Government Program. Details are below:
The rental housing industry had a big week at the legislature and we need your help to make sure our gains are not released.
What we need from you:
Housing Authorities and their advocates are engaged in a grass roots efforts to contact Senators to urge them to vote against a bill that is GREAT for our industry and affordable housing. We need your help contacting your Senator as a constituent and letting them know how good this bill will be for affordable housing. SB 175 Fair Housing Option Amendments, Margaret Dayton (R), Orem, has passed out of Senate committee and will go to the floor of the Senate this week for a vote. The housing authorities and advocates will be sending emails this week to Senators claiming the sky will fall if this bill is passed. Nothing could be further from the truth and emails from actual constituents of each Senator will counter this hysteria. We need your help to let your Senator know what this bill does and why they should support it.
What this bill does:
It allows Utah landlords to opt out of working with housing authorities, by allowing us to refuse to work with the Section 8 voucher program without being discriminatory. Here is the actual language of the bill:
(a) Government assistance payments paid to a landlord under
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