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INTERNAL PROTOTYPE — NOT LEGAL ADVICE — DO NOT SEND

Lindsey v. Normet, 405 U.S. 56 (1972)

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Lindsey v. Normet, 405 U.S. 56 (1972)
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Lindsey v. Normet, 405 U.S. 56 (1972)

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We do not denigrate the importance of decent, safe, and sanitary housing. But the Constitution does not provide judicial remedies for every social and economic ill. We are unable to perceive in that document any constitutional guarantee of access to dwellings of a particular quality, or any recognition of the right of a tenant to occupy the real property of his landlord beyond the term of his lease without the payment of rent or otherwise contrary to the terms of the relevant agreement. Absent constitutional mandate, the assurance of adequate housing and the definition of landlord-tenant relationships are legislative, not judicial, functions. Nor should we forget that the Constitution expressly protects against confiscation of private property or the income therefrom. 20