Tenants' Council of Tiber Island-Carrollsburg Square v. James Lynn, Individually and in His Capacity as Secretary of Housing and Urbandevelopment, 497 F.2d 648 (1973)

Citation: Tenants' Council of Tiber Island-Carrollsburg Square v. James Lynn, Individually and in His Capacity as Secretary of Housing and Urbandevelopment, 497 F.2d 648 (1973)
Parent Document: Tenants' Council of Tiber Island-Carrollsburg Square v. James Lynn, Individually and in His Capacity as Secretary of Housing and Urbandevelopment, 497 F.2d 648 (1973)
Jurisdiction: United States (federal)
Effective Date: 1973-12-20
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/319420/tenants-council-of-tiber-island-... ↗

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Southwest Washington is a 550-acre triangle of land located near the Capitol to the East, and the Potomac River (its southern and western boundary). Prior to its recent redevelopment, the area typified the blighted large cities; housing was often unsafe, unsanitary and insufficiently heated in the winter.1 Congress concluded that to improve permanently the appearance of such areas, entire communities would have to be replanned.2

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