Legal Opinion
Beckham v. New York City Housing Authority
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 19, 1985No. 527, Docket 84-7698PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
These proceedings challenge a policy of the New York City Housing Authority (the Authority) of raising the rents of its public housing tenants to one of several maximum rent alternatives when they fail to certify their income and family composition in a timely manner.
The plaintiffs, tenants of the Authority whose rents were increased to more than thirty percent of their incomes pursuant to this policy, filed their complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York seeking injunctive and declaratory relief, as well as compensatory damages.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Middlesex County Sewerage Authority v. National Sea Clammers Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Rosado v. WymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Irma Howard v. Samuel Pierce, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Grand Rapids Housing CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- Vandermark v. Housing Authority of City of YorkCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Wright v. City of Roanoke Redevelopment & Housing AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Vialez v. New York City Housing AuthorityDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1991
- McNeill v. New York City Housing AuthorityDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1989
- Housing Authority & Urban Redevelopment Agency v. TaylorSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2002
- Mary Brown v. Housing Authority of the City of McRae GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
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