5.4 Non-Rent Charges

Housing Authority of the City of Monroe v. Wheatley.1  Court held that a public housing resident was not responsible for damages assessed against her by the PHA as a result of damage done to her apartment by an intruder and therefore could not be evicted for nonpayment of these damage charges. The damage was caused by her ex-boyfriend, an intruder who was not a guest or otherwise authorized to be in her unit, and she had called the police twice to report the break-in.

• 1478 So. 2d 569 (La. App. 2 Cir. 1985).