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Section 8

Citation
Section 8
Parent Document
Theodore Hayes v. Philip Harvey, 874 F.3d 98 (2017)
Effective Date
2017-10-18

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Likewise, the Supreme Court has instructed that even in
the non-binding framework of Skidmore deference, “given the
value of uniformity in [an agency’s] administrative and judicial
understandings of what a national law requires,” courts should
defer to agencies where a failure to defer risks fracturing an
otherwise uniform scheme. Mead, 533 U.S. at 234. Section 8
is just such a national program, and the costs of disuniformity
are high. See Butler Cty. Mem’l Hosp. v. Heckler, 780 F.2d
352, 357 (3d Cir. 1985) (“[P]ublic policy favors consistent,
nationwide application of rules in social welfare programs.”).
Moreover, the risk of disuniformity is particularly high here.
Another circuit has ruled in favor of HUD’s interpretation,
Park Vill. Apartment Tenants Ass’n v. Mortimer Howard Trust,