Austin landlords should accept Section 8 housing vouchers
By Mary Dolan
I believe this opinion article did a good job covering the
bases of the current topic. Ms. Dolan introduces and states the current issue
in the allowing the reader to understand her possession pretty clearly.
First, the author introduces what the vouchers under the “Section8 program” provided by the Housing Authority of the City of Austin and funded
by the Federal Government actually ensures. “These
vouchers are meant to help lower-income residents pay for rent without
overwhelming them financially. Because of this, residents with vouchers are
supposed to have a greater choice of places to live.” This background information
allows the reader to grasp a better understanding of actually topic being
discussed so there is no confusion.
Next, the author clearly states the issue, “Regrettably, many homeowners and rental
apartment complexes have refused to accept vouchers.” So, this made
citizens unable to move in to better homes and forced to stay in the same or
equally low income areas. Thus, enabling the Section 8 program unsuccessful.
Then, after the issue was stated the author discusses the
reasoning behind why many of these vouchers were refused by landlords. However
we do see a quick resolve made by the Austin City Council who decided that
landlords could not deny potential tenants on the whether or not they were
using housing vouchers.
Lastly, we see the author’s thoughts and opinions towards
the ordinance implemented by the Austin City Council, “The real problem in this matter is not the ordinance but the attitudes
of landlords that made the ordinance necessary.” The author breaks up the information each positions
side of the argument stating that liberal are for the Ordinance and Republicans
who are very much against the ordinance such as Charles Perrys recently
introduced bill, “that would prohibit
local communities from enacting ordinances requiring landlords to lease to
tenants who pay with housing vouchers.” But, what is funny is that Ms.
Dolan shortly after states the confusion behind Charles Perry’s logic.
Overall I believe the author did a very good job relaying
the information and further stating her opinion on the topic and not just
quietly sitting in the neutral zone.
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