Piedmont Housing Alliance (PHA) submits this comment in support of the Virginia Fair Housing Office’s proposed guidance regarding housing discrimination based on source of funds. PHA is a developer, owner, and manager of over 600 rental apartments in the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle and Nelson Counties. As a matter of policy and practice, PHA accepts housing choice vouchers not only as a valid source of income, but also as one of the most reliable sources of income. Though nearly all of our residents have been impacted in some way during the pandemic, those residents with HCVs, or other guaranteed income sources, have been among the most stable.
PHA supports the Virginia Fair Housing Office’s guidance in providing clarity on the recent inclusion of Source of Funds as a protected category in Virginia’s Fair Housing Law for three primary reasons:
Thank you for your consideration.