How Texas HOAs Are Keeping Low-Income Renters Out
“Providence Village, an 8,400-resident town, made headlines because of the local HOA prohibition’s disproportionate impact on Black residents, and has since reversed the policy. But other HOAs in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex have been quietly introducing and maintaining their own bans on renters with Section 8 vouchers, according to a Bloomberg CityLab investigation. The practice has been more widespread than previously known: At least 15 HOAs comprising thousands of homes in the Dallas area have at one point restricted voucher users.”