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Section 8

Citation
Section 8
Parent Document
Feemster v. BSA LTD. PARTNERSHIP, 548 F.3d 1063 (2008)
Effective Date
2008-11-14

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The United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended by the
Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of
1997 and subsequent legislation, gives a family that receives an
enhanced voucher the right to “elect to remain in the same
project in which the family was residing on the date” that the
project owner’s Section 8 contract expires. 42 U.S.C.
§ 1437f(t)(1)(B).5 BSA does not dispute that § 1437f(t) gives
tenants the right to remain in their units despite an opt-out; it
does not dispute that, under appropriate circumstances, an