Over the last eight months, a Section 8 tenant has filed dozens of housing lawsuits alleging $100,000 in damages. Her lawyer calls it a fight against discrimination. Defendants call it a shakedown.

A panel of appeals judges ruled that a state law banning housing discrimination against renters who use federal vouchers was ...

A NY appeals court nullified a state law protecting tenants who use housing vouchers to pay rent from landlord discrimination ...

Accepting Section 8 renters can be both a profitable and socially meaningful choice for landlords. Section 8, officially known as the Housing Choice Voucher Program, offers rental assistance to ...

The second-highest court in the state ruled this month that New York landlords must renew rent-stabilized Section 8 leases, affirming that landlords may not opt out of the federal rent subsidy program ...

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As if navigating the application process for Section 8 housing wasn’t difficult enough, now there are those hoping to keep such tenants out of decent homes. The Department of Housing and Urban ...

MIDDLETOWN — While it’s no secret there is a higher amount of crime in neighborhoods with more Section 8 housing, city statistics show tenants are more likely to be victims of crime than the cause.

California tenants who held Section 8 housing vouchers were refused rental contracts by more than 200 landlords, including major real estate firms, according to an undercover investigation that found ...

A New York appellate court ruled the state law requiring landlords to accept Section 8 housing vouchers unconstitutional, ...

A New York State appeals court struck down a state law this week that banned landlords or realtors from turning away a tenant ...