Housing Authority of the County of Santa Clara v. United States

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

BRADEN, Judge.

L RELEVANT FACTUAL BACKGROUND. 1

In 1937, Congress authorized public housing agencies (“PHAs”) to administer public tenant-based housing programs under Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (“Section 8”). See 42 U.S.C. § 14S7f(b)(l) (“The Secretary [of The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) ] is authorized to enter into annual contributions contracts with [PHAs,] pursuant to which such agencies may enter into contracts to make assistance payments to owners of…