In furtherance of such policy, Congress should be accorded considerable flexibility in fixing the necessary rules with which beneficiaries must comply.Connie BURTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY, United States of America, Defendants-Appellees.In this case, Congress has limited the right to reside in public housing to those individuals who agree to accept responsibility for the drug-related criminal activity of their household members and guests. 101-1019, at 69 (summary of testimony of Vincent Lane, Chairman, Chicago Housing Authority).The question presented by this appeal is whether or not a public housing authority may evict ignorant tenants, pursuant to a Congressional mandate, when the tenant, any member of the tenant's household, or any guest or other person under the tenant's control engages in drug-related criminal activity on or near the public housing premises. 1153, 25 L.Ed.2d 491. S. Doc. Congress itself has shown its concern for ignorant tenants by protecting them with specific language in other legislative enactments. We adopt the well reasoned analysis of Judge Sneed:In this case, the government has interrelated interests. Find your friends on Facebook. Finally, Ms. Burton alleges that the district court erred in holding that her freedom of association rights under the First Amendment were not violated. On one occasion, when her tub was leaking, she was told the complex owed money to the plumber. Absent this situation, the housing authority would be forced to rely on speculative evidence at best, such as hearsay, gossip and rumor. View Phone Book Listings For Connie Burton In Florida: CONNIE BURTON (DIRECTOR) CAAC FOUNDATION, INC. FLORIDA DOMESTIC NON-PROFIT CORPORATION: WRITE REVIEW : Address: P O Box 4624 Tampa, FL 33677: …
(7) All real property, including any right, title and interest (including any leasehold interest) in the whole of any lot or tract of land and any appurtenances or improvements, which is used, or intended to be used, in any manner or part, to commit, or to facilitate the commission of, a violation of this subchapter punishable by more than one year's imprisonment, except that no property shall be forfeited under this paragraph, to the extent of an interest of an owner, by reason of any act or omission established by that owner to have been committed or omitted without the knowledge or consent of that owner.The denial of food stamps undoubtedly imposed a hardship on "innocent" family members. 101-234, at 27 (1989).We believe the statutory language contained within the statute is unmistakably clear, and was based on reasonable findings that such legislation was necessary to eradicate the unsavory element that had infiltrated the public housing complexes. See Korman v. HBC Fla., Inc., 182 F.3d 1291, 1293 (11th Cir.
836 (1996). Id.