Emma J. Craigg, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Albert P. Russo, Director, Department of Human Resources

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Chief Judge:

The central issue on this appeal, from a summary judgment in the District Court, 1 is whether “cost of home ownership” payments — mortgage assistance — made by the District of Columbia to aged, blind, or disabled public assistance recipients prior to January, 1976, must be continued if the District is to remain eligible for federal grants under Title XIX of the Social Security Act. 2 The problem is posed by Section 212 of Public Law No. 93-66, 3 enacted when the Federal Government assumed responsibility for basic grants for such recipients of public…