Disabled Tenant Can't Require Owner To Participate in Voucher Program As Reasonable Accommodation

摘要

Under Minnesota state law, a disabled tenant cannot require a property owner to participate in the Section 8 housing choice voucher (HCV) program as a reasonable accommodation to his disability, held the Minnesota Courtrnof Appeals. (Edwards v. Hopkins Plaza Limited Partnership, No. A09-1616, 2010 WL 2161853 (MinnApp.), June 1, 2010)rnAfter Minnesota repealed statutory property tax benefits for owners that participated in the HCV program, Hopkins Plaza Limited Partnership decided to stop participating in the program for the properties it owned. It stopped accepting new Section 8 tenants and phased out renewals of leases of existing Section 8 tenants.