Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation
 
Board
Real Estate Board
 
Guidance Document Change: This guidance provides technical assistance regarding what actions, behaviors, policies, and procedures likely do and do not violate the Virginia Fair Housing Law’s prohibition on discrimination on the basis of one’s lawful source of funds.
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3/3/21  11:49 am
Commenter: ABB

Setting recipients up to fail
 

In addition to being positively discriminating (but discriminating all the same), this guidance is setting applicants up to fail as residents. The way the draft guidance reads, an applicant that obtains a voucher that covers the full amount of rent does not have to provide proof of any additional source of funds; conceivably they could move in with no source of funds or income at all. However, residents must pay for their electricity, their water (in many cases) and renter's insurance - not to mention food and other daily costs of living. It is highly likely, with no additional source of funding, that this resident will default on their utilities and/or their insurance obligation, which will result in their lease being terminated. We are setting this individual up to fail by not requiring that they have any source of funding beyond that which is required to pay their rent.

CommentID: 97280