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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

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Eunice Samuels, Lorraine Warren v. District of Columbia, 770 F.2d 184 (1985)
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1985-08-06

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adverse PHA “action or failure to act” involving a tenant’s lease or the PHA’s regulations. 24 C.F.R. §§ 966.51(a), 966.-53(a) (1984). Thus the plaintiffs clearly allege that the District’s public housing officials have violated the applicable HUD regulations, and that allegation alone, we think, states a cognizable section 1983 claim under the circumstances of this case. HUD’s grievance procedure regulations clearly have the full force and effect of federal law: they are issued under a congressional directive to implement specific statutory norms and they affect individual rights and obligations. See Chrysler Corp. v. Brown,