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Facts: Owners of two multifamily housing sites had entered into 30-year housing assistance payment (HAP) contracts with HUD in the late 1970s. Under the HAP contracts, the owners were required to maintain and operate their units and related facilities so as to provide decent, safe, and sanitary housing. The contracts also provided HUD with inspection rights to ensure compliance.
Facts: A public housing resident married another public housing resident and moved into his unit, without notifying the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) or asking that her name be added to her husband's lease agreement.
The husband submitted an Occupant's Affidavit of Income to NYCHA every year, listing himself and his grandchildren as occupants of the unit, but he never added his new wife's name to the affidavits.
Facts: The Mobile, Ala., Housing Board discovered that a Section 8 resident had failed to report an increase in her household income. It sent the resident a letter notifying her that the housing board had overpaid its portion of the rent for 16 months in the amount of $3,248, which the resident must repay.
The resident agreed that she owed that amount and entered into a payback agreement by which she would make monthly payments over a 12-month period. However, after those 12 months, the resident had a balance due of $1,496.13, and had stopped making additional payments.
Facts: The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) terminated a resident's tenancy after she violated a settlement agreement. The resident appealed NYCHA's decision, claiming that it was arbitrary and unreasonable.
Facts: A site owner sued to evict a Section 8 resident for nonpayment of rent after the resident failed to meet recertification requirements for her rent subsidy. The resident asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that it was procedurally improper.
Facts: The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) terminated a resident's tenancy based on nondesirability. The resident's son possessed marijuana at the unit, and the resident filed false information with NYCHA about his presence there. The resident appealed, claiming that NYCHA's decision was arbitrary and unreasonable. She said that she was sick with breast cancer, was unaware of her son's criminal activity, and had asked him to help her there with daily activities while she was weak and medicated.
Facts: A resident asked her PHA for permission to have her son act as a live-in aide. Her doctor recommended in writing that the PHA allow the live-in aide to provide medical care associated with her seizure disorder.
Although the resident didn't receive formal approval from the PHA, her son moved in with her anyway. He was never screened by the PHA or authorized to reside at the site.
Facts: The son of a New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) resident claimed to have succession rights to the resident's Section 8 unit. The son was an original member of the household, but moved out of the unit for a period of time. At a preliminary hearing, he asserted that he never left the unit, and that, due to his mother's deteriorating health, he was always around to take care of her needs.
Facts: After getting a report that a resident who received Section 8 housing assistance had committed an assault and robbery, the Omaha Housing Authority terminated the resident's lease. When the resident didn't vacate the premises as requested, the housing authority sued to evict him. The housing authority also terminated his housing assistance benefits.
Facts: A resident sued the owner to force the owner to accept the resident's Section 8 subsidy. The resident claimed that the owner refused to sign a lead paint disclosure form, which the local housing authority needed to process the resident's Section 8 benefit application. The owner claimed that it gave the resident a lead paint disclosure certification when the resident moved in and wasn't required to provide any further lead paint notice. The court ruled for the resident, and the owner appealed.
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