Legal Opinion
Massachusetts Union of Public Housing Tenants v. Pierce
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 17, 1984No. Civ. A. 78-1895PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEORGE L. HART, Jr., District Judge.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
A. Earlier Litigation
In September of 1975, HUD proposed a regulation to require the use of certain HUD funds for the conversion of public housing project utility systems to individual or check-metered service. See 40 Fed. Reg. 44159 (September 25, 1975). Once a conversion takes place, individual tenants are responsible for the utility bills. In deciding whether to convert the meters, HUD required that each local public housing authority (“PHA”) conduct a benefit/cost analysis which assumed that conversion to an individual meter will…
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Colombrito v. KellyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
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