Income Discrimination to not accept Section 8

[Noah Yonker]

Is anyone aware of this new law? 

I have a duplex unit up for rent right now and have a phrase in the description saying "Not set up for Section 8". I have seen that phrase commonly on other ads and have adapted it for my use. Thoughts behind that is that being approved for section 8 requires additional inspections and it generally brings in a tenants that may not respect the property as well as they aren't investing as much into their rent.

It looks like as of April 2021, a new law passed in 19 states and Washington DC that bars landlords from discriminating based on income level and this includes turning prospective tenants away based on their section 8 voucher.

Here are some articles I found on it:

https://www.nolo.com/legal-enc...

https://www.honigman.com/firm-...

What are your thoughts about this? How are you handling this new law? If this is a valid law, how does one get approved to accept Section 8?

Thanks!

Noah