Indianapolis Council Proposal 215 - adding "Source of Income" to the discrimination list

[Dan Perrott]

This month the Indianapolis Council is to consider City Council General Ordinance No. 215.  This proposal will require/mandate that all Landlords accept Section 8 vouchers and be subject to rules that go along with the vouchers.  This is adding Source of Income to the discrimination list (i.e. race, color, religion, etc.).

From what I gather, this has been attempted before but has failed.  I have attached the link for review and comment.  What do the Indianapolis landlords think?

http://www.indy.gov/eGov/Council/Proposals/Documents/2014/PROP14-215.pdf

[Dan Perrott]

Thanks again for the many responses.

I created this post because I feel that our rights of being a landlord are being stepped on.  It should be a choice of who we rent to (not in violation of rights).  Income source is not a right.  I understand that my use of consistent rental criteria will eliminate most section 8.  That is not the point of my concern, it is the stepping on my right as a landlord.

Also - In Indianapolis as of January 1st we are required (by actual name/contact phone number - not company name, not trust name, not LLC name) to register each rental property with the city. I do not have a problem with this because it will allow the city to fix issues with RE owners not maintaining their properties (i.e. slum lords). It seems that allot of local and remote landlords are not taking care of their properties effectively.