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Section 1437d

Citation
Section 1437d
Parent Document
Rucker v. Davis, 237 F.3d 1113 (2001)
Effective Date
2001-01-24
Original Source
https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7086389/rucker-v-davis/ ↗

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In 1988, faced with a devastating and worsening epidemic of drug related crime and violence in public housing, Congress granted to local public housing authorities (“PHAs”) a new tool in the struggle to provide decent and safe low income housing. 42 U.S.C. § 1437d(i)(6) mandated that every lease entered into by a PHA include a provision permitting termination of tenancy when “a public housing tenant, any member of the tenant’s household, or any guest or other person under the tenant’s control” engaged in “drug-related criminal activity on or near public housing premises.”