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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

§ 42-3505

Citation
§ 42-3505
Parent Document
Pratt v. District of Columbia Housing Authority, 942 A.2d 656 (2008)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
2008-02-21

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890 A.2d at 255. We cited, as an instance of this command, 42 U.S.C. § 1437d (0(6), requiring “[e]ach public housing agency [to] utilize leases which ... provide that any criminal activity that threatens the ... safety ... or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other tenants ... engaged in by a ... tenant ... or other person under the tenant’s control ... shall be cause for termination of tenancy.” We also cited implementing regulations that operate in similar fashion. Title 24 C.F.R. § 966.4, for example, entitled “Lease requirements” for public housing, declares in section (0 that a public housing agency “may terminate the tenancy ... for ... criminal activity as provided in paragraph ... (5) of this section”; and that paragraph, in turn, requires “[t]he lease” to “provide that any criminal activity by a covered person that threatens the ... safety ... or right to peaceful [occupancy] ... of other residents ... is grounds for termination of tenancy.” In this and parallel regulations, the federal policy is' thus implemented by requiring inclusion of specific anti-crime clauses in lease agreements.