The News-Gazette.com

 

New tally by Champaign City Council supports Section 8 protections

By Mike Monson
Wednesday March 8, 2006

CHAMPAIGN – To Champaign City Council members Marci Dodds and Kathy Ennen, approving a city policy that landlords can't discriminate against holders of federal Section 8 rent vouchers was a matter of fairness.

"It's a governmental program that helps people," said Dodds, whose vote Tuesday broke a 4-4 council deadlock on the issue from last week.

News-Gazette Archive

The full story is available in our paid story archive.

View the story » About the archive


Find this article at:
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/2006/03/08/new_tally_by_champaign_city_council_supports_section_8_protections

Comments