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The Never-Ending Grasp Of The Prison Walls: Banning The Box On Housing Applications, Ashley De La Garza
The Never-Ending Grasp Of The Prison Walls: Banning The Box On Housing Applications, Ashley De La Garza
The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice
Abstract forthcoming.
Housing Resource Bundles: Distributive Justice And Federal Low-Income Housing Policy, John J. Infranca
Housing Resource Bundles: Distributive Justice And Federal Low-Income Housing Policy, John J. Infranca
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Towards A New Eviction Jurisprudence, Gerald S. Dickinson
Towards A New Eviction Jurisprudence, Gerald S. Dickinson
Articles
The One-Strike Rule, contemplated in a model lease provision, has been the primary mechanism employed by Congress to eliminate the “scourge of drugs” in public housing projects. The rule gives public housing authorities (PHA) discretion to evict tenants engaged in drug-related criminal activity and hold the tenant equally liable if a guest or family member engaged in the criminal activity, even if the tenant had no knowledge of the offense. The Supreme Court most notably upheld this policy in 2002 in United States Department of Housing and Urban Development v. Rucker.
Today the wisdom of that rule, which has served …