Frisco landlords may legally refuse to accept Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) applicants. Texas Local Government Code 250.007 preempts cities from requiring landlords to participate in voucher programs, leaving source-of-income status outside protected classes statewide.
Texas Local Government Code 250.007, enacted in 2015, prohibits cities from passing ordinances requiring landlords to accept Housing Choice Vouchers or other forms of federal housing assistance. Frisco therefore cannot adopt source-of-income protections. Landlords may decline applicants solely because they intend to pay with a voucher, even if the applicant otherwise meets income, credit, and rental-history criteria. Federal protected classes under the Fair Housing Act still apply, so refusals cannot be a pretext for race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, or disability discrimination. Voucher holders in Collin County rely heavily on Plano and McKinney landlords willing to participate.
A landlord disguising a fair-housing-protected refusal as a voucher refusal can face HUD complaints, statutory damages, and attorney fees in federal litigation.
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