Legal Opinion
Boston Public Housing Tenants Policy Council, Inc. v. Lynn
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided October 30, 1974No. Civ. A. 70-1626-FPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
FREEDMAN, District Judge.
This case is a class action, brought by and on behalf of the tenants of Boston’s 15 major low-income housing projects, seeking a judicial order compelling the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) to upgrade the quality of the living conditions in the Boston projects. The complaint alleges that HUD and the BHA have consistently failed in their duty to maintain the projects in a “decent, safe, and sanitary condition.” This alleged failure to act relates to two separate forms of agency inaction and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. CampSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- West Broadway Task Force, Inc. v. Commissioner of Department of Community AffairsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Bromley-Heath Modernization Committee v. Boston Housing AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
- Lodge 1647 & Lodge 1904 American Federation of Government Employees v. McNamaraDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1968
3Cited by17 opinions
- Perry v. Housing Authority Of The City Of CharlestonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981
- Perez v. Boston Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Barbara Falzarano v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
- Goode v. St. Stephens United Methodist ChurchCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1997
- Antonio Ramos Perez v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
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