Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan leads charge to support housing voucher recipients

(St. Paul, MN)  --  Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan and several other state leaders are targeting discrimination against residents who get financial help to pay for housing.  

They discussed proposed legislation yesterday during a media gathering that would outlaw discrimination directed at housing voucher recipients.  

Section 8 and other housing voucher programs pay a portion of a recipient's rent directly to the property.  

The Housing Stability Act lets landlords know that they are breaking the law if they decide not to accept renters based on their use of housing vouchers.