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HANN v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY OF EASTON

Civ. A. No. 87-5278.

709 F.Supp. 605 (1989)

Cindy HANN and James Webster v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF the CITY OF EASTON, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

March 27, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne P. Felker, Jeffrey L. Greenwald, Lehigh Valley Legal Services, Inc., Easton, Pa., for plaintiffs.

J. Stephen Kreglow, Easton, Pa., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

CAHN, District Judge.

The question before the court is whether a local housing authority can deny an application for low-income housing assistance solely on the basis that the applicants are unmarried. I find that this practice is in conflict with the purposes of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ("USHA"), as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1437f, and the regulations promulgated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") to effectuate...

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