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Section 8

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Section 8
Parent Document
Park Village Apartment Tenants Ass'n v. Mortimer Howard Trust, 636 F.3d 1150 (2011)
Effective Date
2011-02-25

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By proposing to forgo enhanced voucher payments, Defen-
dants propose to incur a substantial financial loss. The fifteen
2932       PARK VILLAGE v. MORTIMER HOWARD TRUST
individual plaintiffs in this suit allege in their complaint that
they pay between $159.00 and $550.00 per month in rent out
of their own pockets, for a total of about $5,000 monthly or
$60,000 annually. HUD has set the fair market rent for a one-
bedroom apartment in Oakland much higher, at $1,176 per
month. See Final Fair Market Rents for Fiscal Year 2011 for
the Housing Choice Voucher Program and Moderate Rehabil-
itation Single Room Occupancy Program, 75 Fed. Reg.
61254, 61263 (Oct. 4, 2010). See also 42 U.S.C.
§ 1437f(c)(1)(B); 24 C.F.R. §§ 888.113, 982.503. Fair market
rent for fifteen one-bedroom apartments thus totals $17,640
monthly or $211,680 annually. Defendants would leave
approximately $150,000 in annual rental income on the table
by declining to enter the HAP contracts covering the plaintiffs
in this case. The true figure at stake may be much greater
because defendants would forgo enhanced voucher payments
from all of the Park Village tenants under the program, not
just the individual plaintiffs in this suit.