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THOMPSON v. WASHINGTON

No. 71-2049.

497 F.2d 626 (1973)

Rev. Chester O. THOMPSON, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, et al., Appellants, v. Walter WASHINGTON, Individually and as Commissioner of the District of Columbia and as "The Authority" of the National Capital Housing Authority Under Executive Order.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 10, 1973.

As Amended December 20, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward E. Schwab, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Dirk D. Snel, Atty., Dept. of Justice, of the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, pro hac vice, by special leave of the Court, with whom Kent Frizzell, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Edmund B. Clark, Atty., Dept. of Justice, were on the brief for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and TAMM and LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judges.

LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:

This case is one of three related cases decided today which involve the procedural rights of tenants of housing, constructed under various provisions of the Federal housing legislation, prior to official approval of rent increases. In the case at bar, we hold that tenants of low-rent public housing are entitled not only to receive notice of proposed rent increases but also to participate in the process of official consideration of rent increases...

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