![]() ![]() By comparison, Black testers without vouchers saw the apartment 48% of the time.īut even that stark racial disparity was eclipsed by what they found when testers said they had a voucher. They found that a white person without a voucher was able to see the apartment they expressed interest in 80% of the time. The discrimination was clear in a paper the Housing Discrimination Testing Program published in 2020 based on an investigation of apartments in the Greater Boston area.Īgents for 50 randomly chosen rental units were contacted by four testers from the Suffolk program: a white and Black person with a voucher, and a white and Black person without a voucher. “Unfortunately, it is very prevalent in spite of the fact that it’s illegal,” Berman said. Suffolk’s Housing Discrimination Testing Program identifies, assesses and reports on the housing market’s biases, including Section 8 voucher discrimination. Stories like Ellen’s are so common that Bill Berman, a professor at Suffolk Law School, created a center to try to put an end to them. “You know, I’m not sure how many more extensions I can get.” “I’m on a real time crunch because I really have to use it,” she said. ![]() She’s already gotten several extensions on the four-month time limit. ![]() ![]() On top of that is the stress of the voucher’s deadline. Often she just doesn’t get a call back on an application, even after she’s already paid a fee. “It took me maybe a couple of months to start to realize, ‘Wow, I think I’m getting really discriminated against here,’” she said. A major question for would-be renters and housing researchers is: why would landlords reject tenants whose rent is partly guaranteed by the government? Some in the real estate industry blame bureaucracy for monthslong delays, even as advocates offer evidence of discrimination and push for accountability.įor Ellen - who asked to use only her middle name to not jeopardize her chances of getting an apartment - those rejections kept happening. The federal program, formed nearly 50 years ago, administers direct rental aid to landlords through local housing authorities. State law says landlords and agents can’t discriminate based on source of income, including vouchers. After waiting years to receive a voucher, many of the thousands of recipients discover it’s seemingly impossible to find an apartment where landlords and real estate agents are willing to accept it - especially when recipients have just a few months to find housing.Īnd that’s despite the fact that it’s illegal to discriminate against people in Massachusetts because they have a voucher. Massachusetts' high housing costs are pushing out workersĪ no-fault eviction sends a Weymouth teacher to the brink of homelessnessĮllen is not alone. ‘On a mountain or under the bridge’: For one Lynn family, there’s no fallback on housing Massachusetts renters are fighting for the right to buy their buildings auf Beiträge von Rob Zombie, Audioslave, Megadeth, Wolfmother oder Papa Roach freuen.‘Evicted’ exhibit highlights lives upended by housing crisis Zwei Wochen vor Release verrät Empire Interactive endlich, welche Mucke euch in FlatOut 2 ( ab 3,65€ bei kaufen) zu fahrerischen Höchstleistungen anspornen soll. ![]()
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