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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

§ 1437f

Citation
§ 1437f
Parent Document
Nozzi v. Housing Authority, 806 F.3d 1178 (2015)
Effective Date
2015-11-30

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The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles
(“Housing Authority”) administers the Voucher Program for
that city.6 In 2004, the Department of Housing and Urban
Development required the Housing Authority to limit
spending in order to balance the Department’s 2004 budget.
To meet the budget constraints, the Housing Authority’s
Board of Commissioners reduced the payment standard from
110% of the 50th percentile of rents in Los Angeles County
to 100% of the 40th percentile of rents. At the time, the
Board estimated that “approximately 45% of its
approximately 45,000 Section 8 tenants would be adversely
affected by the April 2004 decrease, and would have to pay
an average of $104 more in rent each month if they chose to
remain in their current units. Of this number, nearly 5,000