Termination Notice Sufficiently Described Tenant's Section 8 Status

March 1, 2010

LVT Number: #22478

Landlord sued to evict HUD-housing tenant for violating his lease by menacing other tenants. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case. He claimed that landlord didn’t properly describe his Section 8 status in its court papers. The court ruled against tenant. The petition referred to and incorporated a lease termination notice, which sufficiently described the lease provisions and Section 8 rules that landlord claimed tenant violated. This gave tenant enough information to prepare a defense.

Landlord sued to evict HUD-housing tenant for violating his lease by menacing other tenants. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case. He claimed that landlord didn’t properly describe his Section 8 status in its court papers. The court ruled against tenant. The petition referred to and incorporated a lease termination notice, which sufficiently described the lease provisions and Section 8 rules that landlord claimed tenant violated. This gave tenant enough information to prepare a defense. And since the building was site-based Section 8, all paperwork was administered there, and there was no need for separate or additional notice to the Section 8 program.

New Greenwich Gardens Assoc. LLC v. Gonzalez: NYLJ, 2/3/10, p. 28, col. 1 (Dist. Ct. Nassau; Fairgrieve, J)

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