Rocky Ford Housing Authority v. United States Department of Agriculture

MEMORANDUM OPINION

CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.

This case is before the Court on plaintiffs’ motion for class certification and on cross-motions for summary judgment. The ease arises out of the refusal of the Secretary of Agriculture to implement the “rural rent supplement program” created by section 514 1 of Title V of the omnibus Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 [the 1974 Act]. If implemented, this program would make rental housing available to low-income families in rural areas at a rate not to exceed. 25 per cent of income. See H.R.Rep. No. 93-1114, 93d Cong., 2d Sess.…