Theodore Hayes v. Philip Harvey

GREENAWAY, JR., Circuit Judge.

The Hayes family receives enhanced voucher rental assistance from the federal government, and a federal statute provides that enhanced voucher holders "may elect to remain" in their housing developments, even after their landlord has opted out of *36 the federal housing assistance program. 42 U.S.C. § 1437f(t)(1)(B). But the Hayes family's landlord, Appellee Philip Harvey, contends that this statutory right to "elect to remain" does not apply at the end of a lease term. Thus, according to Harvey, he is permitted to evict the Hayes family without cause once their…