The City of Phoenix now has the go-ahead to enforce its new law banning landlords and sellers from discriminating against renters and buyers for their source of income. MORE ⬇️
This would include those on Section 8 housing, social security or any other fixed-income programs.
“It was like a day of reckoning coming. I hope that now we can go into the next step that finally someone heard us,” said Catharine Wilkins, who said she feels she was discriminated against for her source of income. “Here I am, 63 years old. I worked two or three jobs at a time. For people to tell me, oh know, we’re not going to rent to you because you don’t have sufficient enough rent. Well, I was making my rent until you started going up and up and making it impossible,” she said.
“When our most vulnerable are being impacted by harmful housing policies, that is a reflection on all of us and makes it difficult for all of us to access affordable quality housing,” she said.
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