HUD Housing Programs: Tenants’ Rights (The Green Book): 14.9.2.2.3.5 First Amendment Speech, Association and Religion Protections
Tenants in public and subsidized housing have basic rights of speech, free association and religion guaranteed by the First and Fourteenth Amendments.745 These rights provide that tenants cannot be prohibited from speaking out or congregating within their home for purposes related to the condition, policies and practices of the project in which they reside746 or for other political or community-related issues.747 First Amendment issues often arise