Galeas v. Chelsea Housing Authority

This matter arises out of a decision by the defendant, the Chelsea Housing Authority (“the CHA”), to terminate the plaintiff, Dolores Galeas’s (“Galeas”), Section 8 rental assistance. The CHA’s decision to terminate Galeas’s Section 8 rental assistance was a result of its finding, by a preponderance of the evidence, that Galeas had assaulted and battered a minor, thereby engaging in a violent criminal activity in violation of her obligations as a Section 8 recipient. Galeas filed a complaint with this Court seeking to overturn the CHA’s decision. The matter is now before this Court on the…