Burt v. District of Columbia

BELSON, Associate Judge:

Appellants are a class of elderly or disabled homeowners. They signed agreements with the District of Columbia, accepting grants to help them meet their mortgage obligations on the condition that they allow the District to record and enforce a lien on their property. Appellants asked the trial court to declare that, because the District government lacked the authority to make the grants after 1972, the liens that accompanied grants made after that year were ultra vires and unenforceable. Appellants also asked the court for injunctive relief to prohibit the District…