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Crochet v. Housing Authority, 37 F.3d 607 (1994)

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Crochet v. Housing Authority, 37 F.3d 607 (1994)
Parent Document
Crochet v. Housing Authority, 37 F.3d 607 (1994)
Effective Date
1994-11-04

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The Brooke Amendment to the United States Housing Act of 1937, 42 U.S.C. § 1437a, provides that a tenant’s rent may not exceed a fixed percentage of his or her income. As indicated in 42 U.S.C. § 1437f(e)(l) (Supp. IV 1992), Congress clearly intended rent to include an allowance for utilities. HUD regulations establish that the allowance is intended to “approximate a reasonable consumption of utilities by an energy-conservative household of modest circumstances consistent with the requirements of a safe, sanitary, and healthful living environment.” 24 C.F.R. § 965.476(a) (1993). HUD’s definition of rent therefore takes into account a utilities allowance: