Whooppee! This will really increase the amount of rentals for the homeless and destitute. Those money grubbing landlords will no doubt be happy to rent to anyone. Problem solved.
What do these leftist use for brains? I have a rental house overseen by a property manager. He checks criminal records and credit scores for any prospective renter. In six years I have not had a problem with any renter misusing or abusing the house. There are always normal maintenance costs, etc., but I don’t want to deal with Section 8 types and felons.
If I were subject to this type of law, I would sell the place in a Seattle second.
In NJ the law forbids discrimination on the basis of any LEGAL source of income, of which Section 8 is one. A minimum credit score requirement would eliminate 99% of them though. 725 or over is pretty safe.