Lincoln voters pass new law to ban income discrimination in housing

Lawmakers Mull Ban on Housing Discrimination Against "Public Assistance" Recipients

The Maine State Legislature’s Housing and Economic Development Committee heard public testimony Tuesday on a bill that would make it illegal to discriminate against someone “in housing or public accommodation” for receiving public assistance. Just as it is currently against the law to discriminate against someone for being a member of a protected class, this [...] The post Lawmakers Mull Ban on Housing Discrimination Against “Public Assistance” …

Lincoln voters pass housing initiative with 'overwhelming support'

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Lincoln voters gave their stamp of approval Tuesday to an initiative banning source-of-income discrimination in housing. The proposal passed with around 66% of the vote in Lincoln’s general election, as of the 10 p.m. result release. “Seeing the overwhelming support from Lincolnites, both throughout this entire ballot initiative and tonight on election night, has really been...

Lincoln voters pass new law to ban income discrimination in housing

Lincoln voters passed a ballot initiative banning housing discrimination by source of income by a large margin in Tuesday's general election.

We did it! Lincolnites pass source-of-income protections! - Nebraska Appleseed

Today, voters in the City of Lincoln passed the Lincoln for Fair Housing ballot initiative, a locally-led ballot measure that adopts source-of-income protections by prohibiting landlords and property managers from turning away tenants based solely on how they pay rent. The initiative passed with 66% of the vote. Because of the 15,000+ residents who signed the petition, along with the work done by Lincoln for Fair Housing coalition, volunteers, d…