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Committee holds first hearing on bill to bar landlords from rejecting tenants for public benefits
Summary
The House Community Revitalization Committee held a first hearing on House Bill 135, which would prohibit landlords from denying current or prospective tenants housing solely because they receive certain public benefits.
The House Community Revitalization Committee held a first hearing on House Bill 135, which would prohibit landlords from denying current or prospective tenants housing solely because they receive certain public benefits.
Representative Megan Lawson Rowe, the bill sponsor, told the committee the measure would not stop landlords from verifying a tenant’s lawful source of income but would expand the definition of lawful income to include federal low‑income housing assistance, the Ohio Works First program, grants and loans administered by the Ohio Housing Finance Agency, Medicaid, veterans benefits, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, Women, Infants and…
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