Fairness in Housing
August 9, 2016
The Daily Record
by Joe Nathanson
Daily Record 2016 08-09 Fairness in Housing
“The Community Development Network of Maryland (CDN), a nonprofit advocacy group, won an award in 2014. The Innovation Award, conferred by a group within the National Association of Counties, recognized CDN in connection with the group’s “Consider the Person” campaign. This campaign recognizes that people who receive Housing Choice Vouchers (which used to be known as Section 8 vouchers) were being prevented from accessing housing units that were on the market for rent. The reason: the fact that the prospective tenants would be paying a portion of their rent with these vouchers…”