National Housing Law Project Housing Law Bulletin

What follows is a list of recent articles and cases that deal with strict liability in the eviction context that may be helpful to practitioners.

Punishing the Innocent: No-Fault Eviction of Public Housing Tenants for the Actions of Third Parties, 76 TEX. L. REV. 1495 (May 1998).

Mean Things Happening in This Land: Defending Third Party Criminal Activity Public Housing Evictions, 23 S.U.L. REV. 257 (Spring 1996).

American Apartment Management Co. v. Phillips, 653 N.E.2d 834 (Ill. App. Ct. 1995) (Clearinghouse No. 50,799).¹

Blackmon v. Malloy, No. 379286 (Cal. Super. Ct., Sacramento Cnty., filed Sept. 7, 1994) (case settled) (Clearinghouse No. 50,266).

Charlotte Housing Authority v. Patterson, 120 N.C. App. 552, 464 S.E.2d 68 (1995).

Housing Authority of New Orleans v. Green, 657 So.2d 552 (La. Ct. App. 1995) (Clearinghouse No. 50,216).

Metropolitan Dade County v. Bell, No. 94,1644 CC 20 (Fla. Cnty. Ct., Dade Cnty., May 1, 1995) (Clearinghouse No. 51,337).

Millville Housing Authority v. Price, No. A-6621-94T5 (N.J. Super. Ct., App. Div., filed Feb. 21, 1996) (Clearinghouse No. 51,337).

Owners Management Co. v. Moore, No. L-95-259 (Ohio Ct. App. June 21, 1996) (Clearinghouse No. 51,417).
 

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