Thorpe v. Housing Authority of Durham, 393 U.S. 268 (1969)

Citation: Thorpe v. Housing Authority of Durham, 393 U.S. 268 (1969)
Parent Document: Thorpe v. Housing Authority of Durham, 393 U.S. 268 (1969)
Jurisdiction: United States (federal)
Effective Date: 1969-02-24
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/107814/thorpe-v-housing-authority-of-durham/ ↗

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Since the Authority does not argue that the circular is proscribed by any constitutional provision other than the Due Process Clause, the only remaining inquiry is whether it is reasonably related to the purposes of the *281enabling legislation under which it was promulgated.36 One of the specific purposes of the federal housing acts is to provide “a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family” 37 that lacks the financial means of providing such a home without governmental aid. A procedure requiring housing authorities to explain why they are evicting a tenant who is apparently among those people in need of such assistance certainly furthers this goal. We therefore cannot hold that the circular’s requirements bear no reasonable relationship to the purposes for which HUD’s rule-making power was authorized. III.

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