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With Market Hot, Landlords Slam the Door on Section 8 Tenants - The New York Times

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Many landlords are now refusing to accept vouchers when they can get higher rents, without the bureaucratic red tape, on the open market.

Advertisement Continue reading the main story PHILADELPHIA — One morning last year, Michele Carter woke up to find an eviction notice slipped under her apartment door. She had to move, she was later told, to make way for the renovation of her high-rise and the higher-paying tenants it would bring. Ms. Carter, 66, an Air Force veteran who lives on a small monthly disability check, did not panic, at least not at first. She considered herself one of the lucky handful of her building’s tenants who had what they called a “golden lottery ticket” — a voucher from the federal government’s Section 8 ho

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