A public housing agency may terminate a tenant’s Section 8 benefits for the violent criminal activity of a family member without a showing that the activity threatens the health, safety or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other residents or threatens the health, safety or right to peaceful enjoyment of persons residing in the immediate vicinity of the Section 8 premises, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled.
The decision upholds a series of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development regulations issued during the 1990s.
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