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Parent Document: Connie Burton v. Tampa Housing Authority, 271 F.3d 1274 (2001)
Jurisdiction: United States (federal)
Effective Date: 2001-11-07
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/75678/connie-burton-v-tampa-housing-authority/ ↗

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In this case, the government has interrelated
            interests. Both reclaiming public housing from an
            epidemic of drug related crime and violence and
            empowering public housing residents to assist in this
            effort are indisputably legitimate objectives. The failure
            to distinguish between the knowing and unknowing
            tenant need survive only minimal scrutiny. In
            determining who may reside in federally subsidized
            housing, Congress must draw distinctions "in order to
            make allocations from a finite pool of resources." UAW,
            485 U.S. at 373, 108 S.Ct. 1184. See also Wyman v.
            James, 400 U.S. 309, 91 S.Ct. 381, 27 L.Ed.2d 408
            (1971) (holding that the government may condition
            welfare payments on a recipients agreement to permit
            warrantless homevisits by agency personnel).
                   Section 1437d(l)(6) facilitates the eviction of truly

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