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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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using enhanced vouchers. The Ninth Circuit found that the
enhanced voucher statute “provides tenants a right to remain in
their previously subsidized Section 8 rental units in the absence
of just cause for eviction.” Id. at 1163. I need not recite the
Ninth Circuit’s arguments—they are the same ones already
outlined here, including arguments from plain text and the
enactment history of the statute, as well as deference to HUD.
Notably, the Ninth Circuit also explained the problems with the
very same arguments that the majority now embraces. For
example, the Ninth Circuit clearly explains why there is no
conflict between the rights given to tenants during the one-year
notice period for opting out of project-based assistance—
which precedes the issuance of an enhanced voucher—and the
rights provided by an enhanced voucher—which comes after
project-based assistance has ended. Compare id. at 1158 with
Maj. Op. at 14-15.