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March 2022

In our VAWA Housing Protections page, we added information to How does VAWA protect the housing rights of victims? Do private landlords have to follow the law? to clarify that the law does not apply to private landlords unless they are accepting Section 8 vouchers. Changes made in English and Spanish.

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