Seattle Housing Authority Agrees to Broad Reforms for Voucher Termination Hearings

This August 2008 NHLP Housing Law Bulletin article provides an overview of a case in which the Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) signed a consent decree committing to substantially reform its termination hearings for Section 8 voucher holders after a lawsuit initiated by a Section 8 participant who alleged due process deficiencies in SHA’s practices and procedures in conducting termination hearings.