Winning the Fight Against DrugsDescribes the resources available to fight illegal drugs in public housing communities across the U.S. Covers: screening the applicant, using the lease's provisions, evictions, physical and management improvements, drug-free workplaces, resident initiatives against drugs, case examples, and resources. B/W photos. |
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Abuse Prevention Action and Courts applicants assisted housing Bromley-Heath CDBG funds Chapter Chicago Housing Authority CIAP funds City continued 66 counseling drug abuse drug activity drug-free workplace drug-related crime Due Process Determination eligible employees Eviction Action Fair Housing Federal grant HACCC Harry Moore household members Housing Authority HUD Field Office HUD Headquarters HUD's illegal drugs Jack Kemp Jersey City job training law enforcement lease provisions lease termination Management Improvements ment Muskegon Heights North Charleston Office for Drug-Free Office of Public operating P.O. Box PHA and RMC PHA or RMC PHA's Phone Physical and Management police Positive Due Process prevention programs Public and Indian public housing agencies public housing communities public housing residents pursuant resi resident council Resident Initiatives Resident Management Corporation Resources RMC's Rockville Somerville Housing staff Street substance abuse tion U.S. Department Unlawful detainer Vermont Statutes violations Voice/TDD youth
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Page 6 - For purposes of section 504, in connection with employment, this term does not include any individual who is an alcoholic or drug abuser whose current use of alcohol or drugs prevents such individual from performing the duties of the job in question or whose employment, by reason of such current alcohol or drug abuse, would constitute a direct threat to the property or safety of others. (b) As used in paragraph (a) of this section, the phrase: (1) Physical or mental impairment...
Page 6 - Such term does not include any individual who is an alcoholic or drug abuser whose current use of alcohol or drugs prevents such individual from performing the duties of the job in question or whose employment, by reason of such current alcohol or drug abuse, would constitute a direct threat to property or the safety of othere. (b) As used in paragraph (a) of this section, the phrase: (1) Physical or mental impairment...
Page 5 - USC 3703(c» (B) A recorded restriction on title designed to provide housing for older persons, provided that the restriction is acceptable under the provisions of the Fair Housing Act, title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988.
Page 6 - ... a refusal to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices, or services, when such accommodations may be necessary to afford such person equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling...
Page 10 - ... household, or a guest or other person under the tenant's control shall not engage in criminal activity, including drug-related criminal activity, on or near public housing premises, while the tenant is a tenant in public housing, and such criminal activity shall be cause for termination of tenancy.
Page 28 - Act of 1973, as amended; or (2) Requiring such employee to participate satisfactorily in a drug abuse assistance or rehabilitation program approved for such purposes by a Federal, State, or local health, law enforcement, or other appropriate agency; (g) Making a good faith effort to continue to maintain a drug-free workplace through implementation of paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f).
Page 10 - drug-related criminal activity" means the illegal manufacture, sale, distribution, use, or possession with intent to manufacture, sell, distribute, or use, of a controlled substance (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 USC 802...
Page 6 - Intergenerational Learning Centers', an exciting concept that will tap the skills and energy of seniors to help meet the needs of children in daycare centers located in Section 202 housing. JUSTICE FOR ALL— ENFORCING FAIR HOUSING LAWS The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or family status. Yet, even at the dawn of the 21st century, housing discrimination, in both blatant and subtle...
Page 6 - ... includes, but is not limited to, such diseases and conditions as orthopedic, visual, speech and hearing impairments, cerebral palsy, autism, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection, mental retardation, emotional illness, drug addiction (other than addiction caused by current, illegal use of a controlled substance) and alcoholism.