Too many Philly landlords shutting the door on fair housing
“A new Urban Institute study, published last week, tested whether landlords in five cities including Philadelphia are willing to accept recipients of the Housing Choice Voucher program, also known as ‘Section 8,’ as tenants. Through the program, eligible families pay only 30 percent of their annual income on rent — the definition of ‘affordability’ — and the federal government supplements the rest. Researchers called landlords to see whether they accept vouchers; two-thirds refused.”