East Powelton Concerned Residents v. United States Department of Housing & Urban Development

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BECHTLE, District Judge.

This action has been brought by representative community groups, tenants, and individual homeowners residing in the University City Renewal Area Unit #5,1 2on behalf of themselves and all other persons similarly situated, seeking injunctive and declaratory relief against the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) and the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia (“RDA”). The complaint alleges that the urban renewal plan currently existing for Unit #5 violates various federal housing and urban development statutes…