Housing Authority v. Raindrop

The opinion of the court was delivered by

MUIR, Jr., J.A.D.

This is a summary dispossess action to terminate a public housing tenancy on grounds that tenant’s son conducted drug-related activity on the leased premises. See N.J.S.A 2A:18-61.1.p. The trial court ruled the statute imposed strict liability on the tenant for the son’s conduct, making need for proof of tenant’s actual knowledge of the drug activity irrelevant. It found this interpretation of the statute consonant with substantive due process because defendant, the tenant, would be exempt from eviction if she demonstrated, which she…