Florida law does not protect source of income, including Section 8 housing choice vouchers, as a fair-housing class, and Orlando has no local ordinance prohibiting landlords from refusing voucher holders.
Federal Fair Housing Act and Florida Civil Rights Act protect race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, and disability, but neither lists source of income. Orlando has not enacted a local source-of-income protection ordinance, and Florida's 2023 SB 102 (Live Local Act) declined to add one. Landlords in Orlando may legally refuse Section 8, VASH, or rapid-rehousing vouchers without explanation, provided the refusal is not a pretext for protected-class discrimination. Tenant advocates have lobbied Orange County for local protections, but FL §125.0103 rent-control preemption arguments have stalled progress.
While source-of-income refusal is permitted, using voucher status as pretext for race, disability, or familial-status discrimination violates federal Fair Housing Act with HUD complaint exposure.
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