Number: RS21199
Title: No-Fault Eviction of Public Housing Tenants for Illegal Drug Use: A Legal Analysis of Department of Housing and Urban Development v. Rucker
Authors: Charles V. Dale, American Law Division 
Abstract: In Department of Housing and Urban Development v. Rucker, the Supreme Court unanimously approved provisions of the 1988 Drug Abuse Act enacted by Congress in response to "rampant drug-related or violent crime" in public housing projects, Specifically, the law allows for no-fault evictions of public housing tenants by mandating the use of lease provisions, which state that "any drug-related criminal activity on or off such premises, engaged in by a public housing tenant, any member of the tenant's household, or any guest or other person under the tenant's control, shall be cause for termination of tenancy." This report is a legal analysis of this case.
Pages: 3
Date: Updated April 15, 2002