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Open the companion tool →Why the voucher-specific facts matter
Source-of-income protection, the rent-reasonableness test, and the voucher's effect on screening vary by state and city — and the screening company's own scoring may not be allowed to decide for you.
A screening vendor settlement already removed scores and accept/deny recommendations for voucher applicants nationwide, which is a standard worth citing when a landlord says the score denied you.
The protocol
- Write down which voucher programme you hold and where it is administered.
- Check whether your state or city bars source-of-income discrimination.
- If you were denied, ask the landlord in writing which screening company and criteria were used.
- Contact your housing authority's client services and any fair-housing organisation about the denial.
- Keep the denial, your voucher paperwork, and every communication in one file.
What the tool does
Build a voucher rights brief It runs locally in this browser and sends nothing.
Limit first: This is a documentation aid for a tenant or applicant, not legal advice. It cannot block an eviction, compel a repair, or guarantee a screening outcome.
Open the companion tool →Cost and free path
Cost: Free: one complete run in this browser, no account. Optional $4 one-time unlock allows unlimited runs of this tool on this browser. The free path and safety guidance never require payment.
Rule status (mixed route): Status, 2026-10-03: source-of-income protection and voucher screening rules vary by state and city; your housing authority's client services office and HUD's fair-housing complaint route are the two free entry points.
Automated decision this documents: tenant screening scores applied to voucher applicants
Free path, in order (no cost):
- Your housing authority's client services office (free, and they administer the voucher)
- A local fair-housing centre or the National Fair Housing Alliance
- HUD's fair-housing complaint route if source-of-income protection applies
What this cannot do: It cannot block an eviction, compel a repair, or guarantee a screening outcome.
Sources checked 2026-10-03 · source bank reviewed against the live pages listed in metadata.
One human next step
Call your housing authority and a fair-housing organisation together — the authority administers the voucher and the organisation can act on a discriminatory denial, both at no cost to you.
Research log and safety checks
AI-assist path: not used for a verdict. This builder organises the reader's own documents and names an independent source; it does not infer authenticity, eligibility, or legal rights. §6.9/§6.10/§6.11 disclosed in the batch report; §6.12 status line carried in metadata as `status_line`.
§0.5 protection result: category is housing-and-rent-costs; crisis-adjacent: no; fear/urgency/scarcity toolkit used: no. The protective function is free and the paid feature is convenience only.