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Section 8 vouchers are supposed to help the poor reach better neighborhoods. Texas law gets in the way.
Under Texas law, landlords cannot be punished for discriminating against families with federal housing vouchers. The impact is clear in Houston, where one in four families who receive housing assistance never gets to use it.
BY EDGAR WALTERS and NEENA SATIJA, The Texas Tribune and Reveal
Posted 11/20/18
When Denise Taylor heard police sirens, she rushed to the porch of her Chicago apartment to look down the street.
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