Iowa Governor Signs Law Letting Landlords Refuse Section 8 Vouchers

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds addresses the virtual Republican National Convention on Aug. 25, 2020. Photo Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via Getty Images

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed into a law a bill that prohibits the state’s localities from requiring landlords to accept federal rental assistance vouchers.

Both chambers of the state’s legislature approved the bill in March. The law states that counties can’t enact laws that prohibit landlords from refusing to rent “to a person because of the person’s use of a federal housing choice voucher issued by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.”