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INTERNAL PROTOTYPE — NOT LEGAL ADVICE — DO NOT SEND

Section 8

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

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All this is not to say that we are obligated to accept
HUD’s interpretation, for we are not. I began with the statute’s
text and find that more than sufficient to establish a right to
remain. But we are obligated to pay heed to HUD’s
interpretation and, given HUD’s consistency, its expertise, and
the virtues of uniformity, to give substantial weight to that
interpretation. The majority, in its rush to erase the protections
of the enhanced voucher statute, fails entirely to engage with
this administrative expertise, much less to defer to it. This
approach disregards the executive branch’s hard-won wisdom
in the interpretation and application of this program. *      *      *