McDonald v. Green

In 1968 the Legislature amended the housing and slum clearance act of 1933 to grant certain rights and advantages to tenants and potential tenants of public housing projects.1 The amendment provides for the creation of a board of tenant affairs with powers, among others, to review and by a two-thirds affirmative vote to veto rules promulgated by the local municipal housing commission, and to hear and review as a board of review complaints by a tenant or applicant.. The 1968 amendatory act provides that one-half of the members of the board of tenant affairs shall be elected from among the…