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Government

Mar. 23, 2012

LA Housing Authority overcharged residents, lawsuit says

Advocates filed a proposed class action Wednesday on behalf of more than 6,000 residents who claim the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles overcharged them more than $16 million for sanitation services.


By Sean Windle


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - Advocates representing low-income families filed a proposed class action Wednesday on behalf of more than 6,000 residents who claim the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles overcharged them more than $16 million for sanitation services.


The suit was filed in Los Angeles federal court by the Western Center on Law and Poverty. The complaint alleges that by not covering trash removal...

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