Administrative Law – public housing

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Wisconsin Court of Appeals

Civil

Administrative Law – public housing

Appellant Marian Ross appeals the circuit court’s order affirming a decision of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee.[1] The Housing Authority terminated Ross from the Section Eight Housing Choice Voucher Program because her nephew, a lifetime registered sex offender, was living with her in violation of program rules. Ross contends that: (1) the Housing Authority’s decision is not supported by substantial evidence because she testified that her nephew did not live with her and the evidence to the contrary was hearsay; (2) the Housing Authority’s decision was arbitrary, unreasonable and represented its will, not its judgment; (3) the Housing Authority improperly switched the burden of proof to her; and (4) the Housing Authority terminated her from the program for an improper reason. We affirm.

DISTRICT I; Milwaukee; CHRISTOPHER R. FOLEY, Curley, P.J., Kessler, J. and Thomas Cane

2014AP001217 Marian Ross v. Milwaukee City Housing Authority

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