Maryland: Source-of-income protection
Maryland's Fair Housing law bars refusing to rent, or setting different terms, based on a renter's source of income, including housing vouchers.
Source: Maryland Commission on Civil Rights(opens in a new tab)
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Maryland's Fair Housing law bars refusing to rent, or setting different terms, based on a renter's source of income, including housing vouchers.
Source: Maryland Commission on Civil Rights(opens in a new tab)DC law does not require a written lease to create a tenancy, but if a written lease exists the landlord must give the tenant a copy of it.
Source: Office of the Tenant Advocate(opens in a new tab)DC law presumes housing built before 1978 contains lead-based paint and requires landlords to disclose known lead paint or hazard information before a tenant is bound under a lease.
Source: DOEE(opens in a new tab)DC's Human Rights Act protects 23 traits relevant to tenant screening, including source of income, familial status, and credit information.
Source: DC Office of Human Rights(opens in a new tab)Landlords with actual knowledge must give written disclosures covering visible mold, unremediated defective drywall, and prior methamphetamine manufacture before the lease is signed.
Source: Virginia Code §§55.1-1215, 1218, 1219(opens in a new tab)Virginia's Fair Housing Law bars discrimination based on source of funds, including housing vouchers, along with military status, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
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