Cap. 261 Art. 4ERights of the HousingAuthority as administrator of public residential properties.

(1) The Housing Authority shall have the right to institute any administrative or civil procedures which the Authority may avail of in accordance to law if it is found that:

(a) any person or persons occupy any property and, or land owned by the Authority and, or administered by the Authority without any valid legal title or by means of any abusive pretext which is contrary to the provisions of this Act, of an agreement in force between the Authority and third parties, or any other regulations or orders made according to this Act;

(b) any alterations or structural changes are carried out within any property owned by the Authority without the express consent of the Authority, or any development on any

(c) any person or persons changed the use of the property from that originally stipulated in any agreement entered into with the Authority without the written consent of said Authority; and

(d) any person or persons caused harm, damages and destruction to the Authority’s or third parties’ property due to acts or omissions of the person or persons and, or if such person or persons also breached the terms and, or conditions of the agreement executed with the Authority, as applicable.

(2) In the cases stipulated in this article, the expenses incurred by the Authority in remedying these violations shall be considered as debts due to the Authority and the Authority shall have the right to recover these debts in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

(3) The Authority shall have the right to make a specific request to the competent Court or Tribunal to order any person and, or persons, who have committed any structural alteration or change as contemplated in paragraph (b) of sub-article (1) to revert the property in question to the conditions it was in prior to the execution of the alteration or change which is found to be in breach of the provisions of this Act or any agreement entered into with the Authority, and such order shall be carried out at the sole expense of the person or persons who caused the illicit changes.

(4) In any case, the Authority shall not be held liable for any damages or harm caused by the acts and, or omissions of occupants of residential properties which are owned by the Authority or administered by it, when such acts and, or omissions are found to have been committed by said occupants without the consent of the Authority as contemplated in this article.