Legal Opinion
Dowell v. Commissioner of Transitional Assistance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 21, 1997PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
We consider the facial validity of a regulation promulgated by the Department of Transitional Assistance (department) which provides that persons who have been evicted from public or subsidized housing for nonpayment of *611rent are ineligible to receive benefits under the Commonwealth’s emergency assistance (EA) program. See 106 Code Mass. Regs. § 309.040 (A) (1) (c) (1995).2 The plaintiffs, Audrey Dowell, Margaret Ratliff, and the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless (MCH), filed a complaint in the Superior Court seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to prevent the department from…
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