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Landlords must accept Section 8 housing vouchers under new county law


Landlords in Alachua County will no longer be able to discriminate against people who rely on rental assistance from the government through housing vouchers, officials said.
County leaders have been playing a cat-and-mouse game of legislative changes to keep up with landlords who find ways to avoid accepting the Section 8 vouchers, which are housing subsidies.
This week, they approved amendments to the county s anti-discrimination housing ordinance that take effect Sept. 1.
Despite laws that say landlords may not summarily reject those using the subsidies to pay rent, renters hoping to use them say they are frequently thwarted by apartment complexes who simply refuse to accept them.  ....

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Alachua County Labor Coalition protests outside Collier Company over housing vouchers


A group of about 30 protesters gathered outside the Collier Companies on North Main Street to protest what they said is a new policy for the company to no longer accept housing vouchers from tenants.
The Alachua County County Labor Coalition led the protest against what they said was discrimination against disabled people and veterans, and a violation of a city ordinance.
According to the ordinance, it’s illegal for a landlord to prevent someone from renting their property based on their race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status or disability.
“On the website, it said that the firm was no longer accepting housing vouchers and so that s when we started doing the House meetings and we organized protests,” Paul Ortiz, a history professor at the University of Florida.  ....

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