Legal Opinion
Adapt of Philadelphia v. Philadelphia Housing Authority
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 15, 2007No. Civil Action 98-4609PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
HARVEY BARTLE, III, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff, ADAPT of Philadelphia (“ADAPT”), 1 filed suit against defendants, the Philadelphia Housing Authority (“PHA”) and Carl Greene, Executive Director of PHA, on August 27, 1998. ADAPT alleged violations of § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (“Rehabilitation Act”), for failure of defendants to provide a sufficient number of scattered-site housing units accessible to low income individuals with mobility impairments. See 29 U.S.C. § 794, 24 C.F.R. §§ 8.22 and 8.23.
This action has a long and contentious history which is recorded elsewhere and…
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