Real Estate/Development
Feb. 8, 2018
Subsidized tenants win $2M from LA housing authority over unclear notices
After 10 years of litigation and two trips to the 9th Circuit, a U.S. District judge ruled last week that the due process clause in the statute governing housing subsidies requires that the government provide clear notice when it will be taking away benefits that it had previously provided.
A federal judge has approved a $2 million class action settlement against a Los Angeles housing agency for failing to provide adequate notice to nearly 12,000 Section 8 tenants that their rental voucher payments were going to be reduced.
After 10 years of litigation and two trips to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson ruled last week that the due process clause in the statute governing housing...
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