Section 1437d

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

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Congress confronted two interrelated problems when it passed § 1437d(i)(6) permitting the eviction of ignorant tenants. First, it faced increasing drug related crime in the nation’s public housing. Ample testimony before Congress demonstrated that drug use had rendered many public housing complexes unsafe and, in several instances, unlivable. 42 U.S.C. § 11901(3) (“drug dealers are increasingly imposing a reign of terror on public and other federally assisted low income housing tenants.”)10 Second, Congress was *1136confronted with increasing and understandable reluctance on the part of public housing tenants to cooperate with efforts of local PHAs to address the drug problem. “Our inability to get pushers out of the buildings rapidly enough has caused tenants to think the Housing Authority has been working against them rather than with them.” 134 Cong. Rec. E1965-02 (June 14, 1988). Housing authorities were increasingly seen as “paper tigers” unable or unwilling to take decisive action against drug use in public housing. 134 Cong. Rec. at El965-02

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