42 U.S.C. § 13662 — Termination of tenancy and assistance for illegal drug users and alcohol abusers in federally assisted housing

(a) In general: Regardless of any other law, a public housing agency or owner^* of federally assisted housing^*, as applicable, must establish standards or lease provisions for continued assistance or occupancy that allow the agency or owner to end the tenancy or assistance of a household with a member—(1) whom the agency or owner determines is illegally using a controlled substance^*; or (2) whose illegal use, or pattern of illegal use, of a controlled substance, or whose abuse, or pattern of abuse, of alcohol, the agency or owner determines interferes with the health, safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other residents.

(b) Consideration of rehabilitation: When deciding whether to end tenancy or assistance under subsection (a)(2) based on a household member's pattern of illegal use of a controlled substance or pattern of abuse of alcohol, a public housing agency or owner may consider whether the household member—(1) successfully completed a supervised drug^* or alcohol rehabilitation program, as applicable, and is no longer illegally using a controlled substance or abusing alcohol, as applicable; (2) was otherwise successfully rehabilitated and is no longer illegally using a controlled substance or abusing alcohol, as applicable; or (3) is participating in a supervised drug or alcohol rehabilitation program, as applicable, and is no longer illegally using a controlled substance or abusing alcohol, as applicable.