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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 Tags: 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 FacebookTwitterEmail 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. ....
San Antonio council delays ordinance requiring future housing developments to consider voucher holders click to enlarge Photo by Ben Olivo / San Antonio Heron City council is scheduled to vote on the income discrimination policy on April 29. The approval of an ordinance that would require future housing developments that receive city incentives to consider tenants with housing vouchers has been delayed by the City Council. On Thursday, the council unanimously voted to move the ordinance to a special session on April 21 after some members contested the ordinance’s language and intent. The source of income discrimination ordinance, as it’s known, would require housing developments that use city tax incentives or fee waivers to ....
San Antonio council postpones vote that would prevent some landlords from denying renters with vouchers FacebookTwitterEmail The Museum Reach Lofts, a rare lower-priced housing development, is at West Jones Avenue and North St. Mary s Street, on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020.Bob Owen /San Antonio Express-News The City Council postponed an ordinance Thursday that prohibits some landlords and property owners from turning away renters who have housing vouchers. The dais was going back and forth about specific measures in the proposal when Mayor Ron Nirenberg suggested they hammer out the details in a B session next Wednesday. The council could vote on the item as early as April 29. ....