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Section 8

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Section 8
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Theodore Hayes v. Philip Harvey, 874 F.3d 98 (2017)
Effective Date
2017-10-18

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conferred by the enhanced voucher provision is the right to
receive and use enhanced vouchers to satisfy an assisted
family’s rental obligations. As HUD has advised property
owners, enhanced voucher assistance aims “to mitigate the
impact of the conversion action on the family’s rent.”
Memorandum for Multifamily Project Owners from Benjamin
T. Metcalf, Deputy Assistant Sec’y for Multifamily Housing
Programs       (June      5,    2014)      (emphasis      added),
https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=Right
_Remain.pdf. Nothing in the statute’s language, or otherwise,
indicates that it aims to provide assisted families with the right
to a perpetual tenancy terminable only for cause. 11
Additionally, “[t]he HUD regulation merely creates a floor of
protection, which local laws may enhance.” Barrientos, 583
F.3d at 1207. See id. at 1211 (“Congress and HUD never
explicitly rejected the application of more protective local
standards to assisted tenants, and in certain cases, expressly
allowed for it.” (citing 42 U.S.C. § 1437f(o)(7)(D)(vi) and 24
C.F.R. § 982.53(d)). Our holding simply defines that floor in
the context of nonrenewals.