Housing Authority of Pittsburgh v. Fields

I respectfully dissent from the majority’s finding that for a housing authority to evict a tenant due to a household member’s drug activity, knowledge or consent on the part of the tenant has to be shown. To the contrary, Congress, in enacting Section 1437d(i)(5) of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act, authorized housing authorities to evict a tenant if a household member engaged in drug activity at or near a public housing community, even if the tenant had no knowledge that the household member was engaged in such activity. Even if I agreed with the majority’s interpretation of the Act, I would still…