Security of tenure is the cornerstone of the right to adequate housing. Secure tenure protects people against arbitrary eviction, harassment and other threats.
Q. What are "one-strike" laws and how do they affect the right to housing?
A. "One-strike" laws encourage public housing providers to evict tenants immediately if criminal activity takes place in their homes. In practice, this "one-strike" policy has resulted in the eviction of innocent tenants for criminal activity of which they had no knowledge and over which they had no control. These evictions deprive public housing victims of grievance opportunities and render tenants ineligible for housing assistance for three years following the eviction.
Q. How do the "one-strike" laws affect victims of domestic violence?
A. The Violence Against Women Act of 2005 (VAWA) protects domestic violence victims from eviction under the "one-strike" laws. Previously, "one-strike" laws allowed providers to evict abusers' families and individuals who experiences domestic violence in their homes because domestic violence is itself a violent criminal activity.
Sources:
National Law Housing Project, Eviction of Innocent Tenants Due to the Acts of Others and HUD's "One Strike" Policy (June 2000); [http://
www.nlchp.org/html/pubhsg/onestrike.htm]
National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, Frequently Asked Questions about VAWA Housing Provisions (March 2006); http://www.nlchp.org/content/pubs/FAQVAWAHousing3-061.pdf
National Housing Law Project and Poverty & Race Research and Action Council, False HOPE: A Critical Assessment of the Hope VI Public Housing Redevelopment Program (June 2002); http://www.nlchp.org/html/pubhsg/FalseHOPE.pdf
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