(The Center Square) – A Sacramento-based property management company has filed a federal lawsuit against California’s Civil Rights Department, charging Section 8 contracts violate a landlord’s Constitutional rights.
At issue is a provision in California’s anti-discrimination law (Section 12955) that requires landlords who accept Section 8 housing vouchers – the federal assistance program that helps low-income families afford market-rate rental housing – to sign contracts giving government officials broad access to inspect their properties, offices, and records without a warrant.
Thomas Manning and his firm, Tower Bridge Property Management, claim that this violates the Fourth Amendment…