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Section 8

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

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added). HUD is not mentioned in this clause, nor even alluded
to. The statute does not read “the Secretary shall.” Rather, as
a purely textual matter, this is a right granted to the voucher-
holding family. Cf. Gonzaga Univ. v. Doe, 536 U.S. 273
(2002) (looking to whether a statute’s text is “phrased in terms
of the persons benefited”). The tenants are given the right to
remain, and the statute places no limit on whom that right may
be exercised against.