Housing Authority of Kansas City administers Section 8 vouchers, and landlords participating must pass HUD Housing Quality Standards inspections; the city's source-of-income rule additionally bars refusal to consider tenants whose primary rent payment is voucher-based.
The Housing Authority of Kansas City (HAKC) issues Housing Choice Vouchers under HUD Part 982. Participating landlords sign a Housing Assistance Payment contract, accept HQS inspection at unit turnover and annually, and agree to a contract rent set by HUD's reasonable-rent standard. KCMO Ord. 220011 makes voucher refusal a civil-rights violation, complementing federal anti-discrimination rules that are otherwise silent on income source. Landlords can still screen for credit, criminal history within fair-housing limits, and prior tenancies, but cannot reject the application solely because the rent stream includes a voucher.
Refusing to accept a voucher because of its source can produce a city civil-rights finding with damages and penalties, and HQS inspection failures must be cured within HAKC deadlines or risk contract termination and lost subsidy.
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