Mid-America Television Co. v. Peoria Housing Authority

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Peoria County in favor of the defendant, Peoria Housing Authority (PHA), and against the plaintiff, Mid-America Television Company (Mid-America). The PHA is a municipal corporation. As a part of its function as a public housing authority; it receives title 8 Federal rent subsidy funds and disburses the funds to various landlords within the territorial confines of its authority. These funds are for the benefit of poverty-level-income-group tenants. Under this program, the tenants are required to pay up to 25 percent of their incomes for…