Carteret Housing Authority v. Gilbert

PALEY, J.S.C.

This matter involves an issue not addressed earlier in any reported case in this state, namely, may a public housing authority compel a member of a tenant’s family who is under age to move from an apartment, because no adult resides there?

*110The Carteret Housing Authority provides public housing within the Borough of Carteret, New Jersey. Apartments maintained by the Authority are subject to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Section 8 Housing Assistance Program for Substantial Rehabilitation. See 42 U.S.C.A 1437 et seq.; the United States Housing Act of…