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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Mar 27, 2024, 01:42 PM Mar 2024

HOUSING Idaho bill to remove local rent protections sent to governor

A bill that ends Boise’s Section 8 and rental application fee ordinances is headed to the Idaho governor’s desk after passing both legislative chambers.

House Bill 545 passed the Senate in a 26-9 vote Monday afternoon.

Sen. Doug Okuniewicz, R-Hayden, opened the debate, noting that its purpose is to prevent local governments from enforcing local rent control ordinances.

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The bill comes after the Boise City Council in the fall approved an ordinance blocking landlords from denying rental applications based on their source of income, including a Section 8 housing voucher, child support or any type of income, Boise Dev first reported.

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/03/26/idaho-bill-to-remove-local-rent-protections-sent-to-governor/

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HOUSING Idaho bill to remove local rent protections sent to governor (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2024 OP
Go Idahoistan! SalamanderSleeps Mar 2024 #1
The "local control is best" gang is working overtime. yonder Mar 2024 #2

yonder

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2. The "local control is best" gang is working overtime.
Wed Mar 27, 2024, 02:35 PM
Mar 2024

Every session the Idaho legislature does their best to nullify larger (think bluer) cities' efforts to benefit their own citizens.

Several years ago, Boise tried enacting a plastic bag ordinance. The legislature made sure that wouldn't happen again. If I remember correctly, that "adjustment" only applies to cities with populations over 100k.

In the last 20 years or so, they've been making the citizen initiative process more difficult by enacting increasingly more restrictive signature, timing and proportion requirements. Soon enough, that process will exist on the books in name only.

On and on and on and now this. I'm sure the guv will be signing off on this. Can't have them big city commies disrupting the intentions of the good ole boys from the likes of Hayden, Council or Preston.

I certainly don't live in Idaho because of the politics and every year it's a big relief when the leg finally adjourns.

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