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HRC discusses revising Article 29 to address source-of-income discrimination in housing
Summary
Commissioners and staff said they will meet with the county legal department to explore amendments to Article 29 aimed at limiting housing providers’ use of blanket 'three-times-rent' calculations against voucher holders and similar guaranteed-income applicants.
Members of the Baltimore County Human Relations Commission discussed possible revisions to Article 29 of the county code to better protect applicants who use housing vouchers or other guaranteed income sources.
A commissioner described a local precedent in which a judgment favored a housing provider that used a three-times-rent calculation as a…
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