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NATIONAL TEN. OR., INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF H. & URBAN DEV.

Civ. A. No. 974-70.

358 F.Supp. 312 (1973)

NATIONAL TENANTS ORGANIZATION, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia, Civil Division.

May 3, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wesley S. Williams, Jr., Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

William H. Schweitzer, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., for defendants.

OPINION

JOHN LEWIS SMITH, Jr., District Judge.

This is a class action in which public housing tenants claim that their landlord, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, is overcharging them rent in violation of the United States Housing Act (herein USHA). The United States Housing Act of 1937, 50 Stat. 888, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1401 et seq. Since 1969 all public housing rents have been limited to one-fourth of "family income." The gravamen...

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