Facts: A local PHA knew that a resident was incarcerated at the county jail when it sent a letter to her home address notifying her that it was terminating her housing assistance payments. The resident completed her sentence, returned to her unit, and discovered the termination notice...
Facts: A local PHA hired a temporary maintenance mechanic. The man was assigned to work under a supervisor, and his project was to install shower stalls in public housing in East St. Louis, Ill. While working on the shower-installation project, the mechanic complained to co-workers about...
Facts: The owner of a project-based Section 8 housing site started an eviction proceeding against a resident for violating a substantial obligation of his tenancy. According to the owner, the resident had another unit that was subsidized by the local housing authority and he failed to...
Facts: A resident was killed by a stray bullet when a fellow resident fired a gun in the direction of the site's security office. As a result, survivors of the incident sued the PHA for negligently failing to evict the criminal resident at the first instance of violent behavior.
Facts: A resident is a participant in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. One day she got involved in a physical altercation with two other women. According to the resident, the other females were unknown to her, intoxicated, and physically attacked her first. She said she only...
Facts: Under the terms of a resident's 2003 lease, the agreed-upon rent was $950 per month, payable on the first day of each month. The tenancy was governed by a Section 8 housing assistance payments (HAP) contract, and the premises were located within the jurisdiction of the Los...
Facts: An owner and the Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) are parties to a HUD-approved housing assistance payments (HAP) contract under which Section 8 subsidies are applied to rents at the site. The owner sued OHFA for breach of contract, alleging that OHFA failed to pay a series of...
Facts: In his application for housing at a local PHA, an applicant admitted that he was recently released from prison after serving a 15-year sentence for robbery. In addition to the application, he also signed HUD's Authorization for the Release of Information/Privacy Act Notice and...
Facts: A resident locked herself in her unit and turned on her gas stove. After police responded to the scene, the resident was removed from the unit and referred for a mental health evaluation. The PHA subsequently terminated the resident's lease and denied her federal Section 8...
Facts: The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) terminated a resident's Section 8 subsidy because he's a Level 2 sex offender who's subject to a lifetime registration requirement. Before terminating the subsidy, HPD had provided it to the...
Facts: A local housing authority told a low-income and disabled applicant who was trying to pre-qualify for a unit that he wasn't eligible for Section 8 housing because he had an unfavorable credit history and criminal background. The applicant filed a complaint in court for the...
