The Boulder City Council on Tuesday night delayed a public hearing on a measure that would add non-discrimination protections to undocumented citizens and residents who receive federal financial housing assistance.

The second reading of the ordinance was tabled after area landlords, through the Boulder Area Rental Housing Association, requested more time to “review the impacts on both tenants and landlords.”

“This is not an area of law that has been thoroughly vetted in Colorado,” wrote Meghan Pfanstiel, the association’s government affairs coordinator, in an email to the council.

The ordinance would essentially force rental owners to lease to undocumented citizens and those who receive federal assistance, including holders of the federal Section 8 housing vouchers.

The rental association has not officially supported nor opposed the ordinance, though Pfanstiel wrote that the organization believes “it could restrict housing choice and increase security deposits.”

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