Croskey Street Concerned Citizens v. Romney

OPINION

JOSEPH S. LORD, III, District Judge.

Plaintiffs filed this class action to enjoin the construction of a low rent housing project for the elderly in the 1700 block of North Croskey Street, Philadelphia, Pa. (herein referred to as “Project”) and for other relief. Plaintiffs are residents of the area in which the Project is to be constructed. The individual defendants are those federal officials of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) responsible for implementing the national housing policy. The Philadelphia Housing Authority (“PHA”), the local agency which proposed the…