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119 Penn St. L. Rev. 257 (2014-2015)
Chronic Nuisance Ordinances: Turning Victims of Domestic Violence into Nuisances in the Eyes of Municipalities

handle is hein.journals/dlr119 and id is 267 raw text is: I Comments I Chronic Nuisance Ordinances: Turning Victims of Domestic Violence into Nuisances in the Eyes of Municipalities Amanda K. Gavin* ABSTRACT Chronic nuisance ordinances are municipal ordinances that identify and terminate unwanted nuisance activities. Although chronic nuisance ordinances originally targeted households that harbored prolific drug use, many municipalities have broadened the scope of their ordinances to include a wide range of activities, including acts of domestic violence. As a result, domestic violence victims are now frequently deemed nuisances when they call the police for protection. Municipalities, to abate the nuisances, evict the domestic violence victims from their homes. Because chronic nuisance ordinances are gaining in popularity throughout the country, an increasing number of domestic violence victims are being victimized twice: once by their abusers and again by their municipalities. This Comment explores the objectives, validity, and effects of chronic nuisance ordinances. This Comment also analyzes several arguments that have been used to challenge the constitutionality of these *J.D. Candidate, The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University, 2015.

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