New York City Housing Authority v. Stern

Public housing is privileged housing available only to those of low income and only a few of the countless eligibles are fortunate enough to enjoy it. There are those who quarrel with the right and wisdom even of government to provide adequate housing for persons of limited income with taxpayers’ subsidy. No one, however, will hesitate in agreeing that if housing must be subsidized, the taxpayers may not be victimized by those unscrupulous few people with resources who “ eat ” of the “ bread ” reserved for their less fortunate brothers.

Defendants knew or should have known that the space they…