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University Heights council tables proposed change to fair-housing language after sustained public opposition
Summary
After more than an hour of public testimony, including legal counsel and voucher holders, the University Heights City Council voted to table a first-reading amendment that residents and civil-rights groups said would open the door to discrimination against tenants using housing choice vouchers.
Dozens of residents and housing advocates urged the University Heights City Council on Tuesday to preserve the city’s source-of-income protections and opposed a proposed amendment to the city’s fair housing code.
At the podium, Kris Canary, associate director of the Fair Housing Center for Rights and Research, told council that the proposed amendment — which speakers said would permit landlords to refuse tenants who rent with housing choice vouchers — would disproportionately harm families with children, older adults, people with disabilities and people of color.…
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