Spady v. Mount Vernon Housing Authority

This is an article 78 proceeding to review a determination of the respondent declaring petitioners ineligible for public housing accommodations. Petitioners applied for an apartment in respondent’s low income housing project. An apartment was assigned and petitioners paid a security deposit, together with one month’s rent. However, prior to their moving into the apartment, petitioners were notified that respondent had now declared them ineligible for admission. The ground assigned for this determination was that the application which was filed was fraudulent, in that it did not indicate that…