Developers taking city incentives will have to take housing vouchers, too
New ordinance only applies to projects going forward
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SAN ANTONIO – Taking city incentives like fee waivers or tax abatements now means housing developments in San Antonio will be required to accept Section 8 housing vouchers from their renters.
Landlords don’t generally have to accept housing vouchers, and the people who receive them often spend months trying to find a place that will take them. But the San Antonio City Council unanimously passed an ordinance Thursday that bans property owners who receive city incentives from refusing to rent to someone who wants to use a housing voucher or other federal housing assistance to help pay their rent.
City Council considers housing voucher requirement for projects getting city incentives
Refusing to accept vouchers could mean a property owner has to pay the city back
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SAN ANTONIO – Taking city incentives like fee waivers or tax abatements could mean future housing developments in San Antonio would be required to accept housing vouchers, like Section 8, from their renters.
The San Antonio City Council is considering an ordinance that would ban property owners who receive city incentives from refusing to rent to someone who wants to use a housing voucher to help pay their rent. Violating that ordinance, which the council could vote on as soon as April 29, could result in the property owner having to pay the city back and be barred from getting any more incentives in the future.
Future San Antonio developments may risk losing funding if they deny tenants with housing vouchers
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If passed, an ordinance would prevent rental developments receiving city-funded economic incentives from discriminating against tenants because of their source of income, such as housing vouchers through the San Antonio Housing Authority or the Housing Authority of Bexar County. (Kin Man Hui/San Antonio Express-News)Kin Man Hui /Staff photographer
Future housing developments that get funding from the City of San Antonio could soon lose that money if they deny tenants that pay with housing vouchers.
If passed, an ordinance would prevent future housing developments receiving city-funded economic incentives from discriminating against tenants because of their source of income, such as housing vouchers through the San Antonio Housing Authority or the Housing Authority of Bexar County.