Legal Opinion

Federal Housing Administration v. Darlington, Inc.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 12, 1959No. 13PublishedCited by 290 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas

This case involves a construction of § 608 of the National Housing Act, 56 Stat. 303, 12 U. S. C. § 1743, as amended by § 10 of the Veterans’ Emergency Housing Act of 1946, 60 Stat. 207, 214, and the Regulations issued thereunder. The aim of the Act as stated in § 608 (b) (2) is to provide housing for veterans of World War II and their immediate families. That end is to be achieved by authorizing the Federal Housing Administration to insure mortgages covering those projects. § 608 (a). Mortgagors, eligible for insurance, are to be approved by the agency, which is empowered to require them “to…

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