HAWKINS v. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEV.

No. 20-20281.

16 F.4th 147 (2021)

Kenneth Wayne HAWKINS; Cheryl Brown Potts; Kimanisha Myles; Reba Curren Jeffery; Stephanie Winn; Loretta Gulley; Jeannie Ware; Jamie Wasicek; Shealisha Adams, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The United States DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed October 13, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimberly Myles , Velimir Rasic, Esq. , Lone Star Legal Aid, Houston, TX, Laura Beth Beshara , Michael Maury Daniel , Daniel & Beshara, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jeffrey Eric Sandberg , Attorney, Abby Christine Wright , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Wiener, Dennis, and Duncan, Circuit Judges.


This case concerns tenants living in substandard conditions in a Houston, Texas "Section 8" housing project. Those tenants sought relocation assistance vouchers from the Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") in the belief that HUD was obliged under federal law to provide such assistance. After HUD failed to do...

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