Gloria Hodge, Lorenza Chavez and Elizabeth Duberry v. The Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing Division, Dade County, Florida, Etc.

In this appeal we are called upon to decide whether the district court abused its discretion in dissolving a permanent injunction against a public housing agency. The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida held that subsequent changes in federal law and the local agency’s regulations concerning grievance proceedings for tenants of public housing now adequately serve the purposes contemplated by the injunction and thus constitute a change in circumstances sufficient to justify its dissolution. For reasons stated below, we vacate the district court’s order and remand…