Riverview Towers Associates v. Jones

The opinion of the court was delivered by

AXELRAD, J.T.C.

(temporarily assigned).

We consolidate these appeals for the purposes of this opinion. In these landlord-tenant actions for nonpayment of rent, tenants in a subsidized housing complex contend the court was deprived of jurisdiction to enter a judgment of possession because of the lack of compliance with the HUD lease termination notice requirements, 24 C.F.R. § 247.4, prior to institution of the summary dispossess complaint. We agree. We reverse and vacate the judgments of possession.

Both defendants, Anna Jones and Verna Bateman, are…