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Cole v. Harris, 187 U.S. App. D.C. 156 (1977)

Citation
Cole v. Harris, 187 U.S. App. D.C. 156 (1977)
Parent Document
Cole v. Harris, 187 U.S. App. D.C. 156 (1977)
Effective Date
1977-11-14
Original Source
https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7891523/cole-v-harris/ ↗

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As of February, 1975, 17 households were still living at Sky Tower and 55 households had moved out. Most of those who had been displaced had relocated in units that were more expensive, smaller, or otherwise less desirable than the units they had left at Sky Tower. When HUD determined to evict the tenants from Sky Tower, it thrust them into a housing market that could not accommodate them. Instead, it was the acute shortage of housing in the District of Columbia for low-income persons with large families — the very class Sky Tower served — that made the decision to demolish so shocking to the trial judge.