CHA Residents Protest Plan For Drug Testing
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Some public housing residents are protesting the Chicago Housing Authority's proposal for mandatory drug testing.
The day before a public hearing, about two dozen residents chanted and marched outside the Chicago Housing Authority's headquarters, 60 E. Van Buren.
"They are using the drug thing ... in order to get us out," said one resident.
Residents say blanket drug testing violates their constitutional protection against unreasonable searches and seizures and is a form of profiling.
"This proposal is not only a violation of my Fourth Amendment rights but insulting to me as a senior and a resident of CHA," another resident said.
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Also up before the authority is a plan to eliminate the so-called 'innocent tenant defense."
That proposal would allow the CHA to evict a tenant because of a relative's or guest's crimes - even if the resident didn't know about it.
The CHA will hold a public hearing tomorrow at 6 p.m. at the Charles A. Hayes Family Investment Center, 4859 S. Wabash.
