5.5 Grievance Hearings

Housing Authority of New Orleans v. Haynes.1  Landlord attempted to evict a public housing tenant for “harboring a fugitive” but failed to meet statutory elements of crime. Tenant was improperly subjected to expedited grievance procedure. “Procedural protections must be strictly adhered to prior to an eviction to protect the rights of, as in this case, a tenant innocent of lease violations.”

• 12014-1349 (La. App. 4 Cir. 5/13/15), 172 So. 3d 91, 104.