Levin v. Mede

The decision herein depends upon an interpretation of paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of section 209 (U. S. Code, tit. 50, Appendix, § 1891 et seq.), also known as the Housing and Bent Act of 1947), which reads as follows: “ * * * (4) the landlord seeks in good faith to recover possession of such housing accommodations for the immediate purpose of substantially altering, remodeling, or demolishing them and replacing them with new construction, and the altering or remodeling is reasonabV necessary to protect and conserve the housing accommodations and cannot practically be done with the…