Kadner: Poor want fair shot at apartments

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Shirley JohnsProgram Director Metropolitan Tenants Organizatispeaks during town hall meeting denounce discriminatiHousing Choice Voucher programs Progress Center Blue IslIllinois Thursday

Shirley Johnson, Program Director Metropolitan Tenants Organization, speaks during a town hall meeting to denounce discrimination in Housing Choice Voucher programs at the Progress Center in Blue Island, Illinois, Thursday, January 24, 2013. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Renters Jim DebrMiller Chicago speak during town hall meeting denounce discriminatiHousing Choice Voucher programs Progress Center Blue IslIllinois Thursday January

Renters Jim and Debra Miller, of Chicago, speak during a town hall meeting to denounce discrimination in Housing Choice Voucher programs at the Progress Center in Blue Island, Illinois, Thursday, January 24, 2013. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Ashley Dearborn member Metropolitan Tenants Organizatispeaks during town hall meeting denounce discriminatiHousing Choice Voucher programs Progress Center Blue IslIllinois Thursday

Ashley Dearborn, member of Metropolitan Tenants Organization, speaks during a town hall meeting to denounce discrimination in Housing Choice Voucher programs at the Progress Center in Blue Island, Illinois, Thursday, January 24, 2013. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Renter TibThurman Chicago speaks during town hall meeting denounce discriminatiHousing Choice Voucher programs Progress Center Blue IslIllinois Thursday January 24

Renter Tiba Thurman, of Chicago, speaks during a town hall meeting to denounce discrimination in Housing Choice Voucher programs at the Progress Center in Blue Island, Illinois, Thursday, January 24, 2013. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Renter Harvey RabChicago speaks during town hall meeting denounce discriminatiHousing Choice Voucher programs Progress Center Blue IslIllinois Thursday January 24

Renter Harvey Rabin, of Chicago, speaks during a town hall meeting to denounce discrimination in Housing Choice Voucher programs at the Progress Center in Blue Island, Illinois, Thursday, January 24, 2013. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Cook County Commissioner Deborah Sims announces her support for an amendment during town hall meeting denounce discriminatiHousing Choice Voucher programs

Cook County Commissioner Deborah Sims announces her support for an amendment during a town hall meeting to denounce discrimination in Housing Choice Voucher programs at the Progress Center in Blue Island, Illinois, Thursday, January 24, 2013. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Cook County Commissioner Deborah Sims. | Sun-Times Medifile photo

Cook County Commissioner Deborah Sims. | Sun-Times Media file photo

People with a Section 8 voucher want the right to live anywhere in Cook County. During a town hall meeting held by the Metropolitan Tenants Organization, landlords were accused of discriminating against apartment tenants who were issued Housing Choice Vouchers, the new name for what …