There's typically a years-long wait to get a federal housing voucher — a golden ticket into an otherwise out-of-reach residential unit. Then many recipients learn a hard reality: Many landlords won't even take Section 8 vouchers, which subsidize market-rate rent.

But that changed on Jan. 1, when a new state law took effect prohibiting landlords from denying occupancy to someone with a voucher. They're doing it anyway, listings show.
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