[WSBARP] Section 8 Discrimination Defense

[Roger Moss]

Have you or your client expressed to the city a willingness to mediate this dispute? That is one way to untrack the procedure.

The link below is to a new nonprofit org operating under the auspices of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce that helps pair private landlords with tenants holding rent vouchers. They provide financial incentives and assistance if things go wrong. Perhaps your client and rejected tenant can get some help there.

There is an absurd stigma against people holding rent vouchers…

https://www.seattlechamber.com/home/advocacy/housing-connector <https://www.seattlechamber.com/home/advocacy/housing-connector> 

Roger A. Moss, Esq. 
Pacific Conflict Intervention
206.790.1971 Seattle
415.371.9724 San Francisco
www.pacific-ci.com

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> On Apr 22, 2020, at 9:25 AM, Samuel M. Meyler <samuel at meylerlegal.com> wrote:
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> Listmates,
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> PC is a landlord and has been accused of refusing to rent to a tenant due to tenant’s participation in Section 8.  The charge is before the Seattle Office for Civil Rights and is an administrative procedure.  I am looking to refer them to someone that handles these.    
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> Samuel M. Meyler
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