Skip to main content
DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Hussion v. Madigan, 950 F.2d 1546 (1992)

Citation
Hussion v. Madigan, 950 F.2d 1546 (1992)
Parent Document
Hussion v. Madigan, 950 F.2d 1546 (1992)
Effective Date
1992-01-24

Other Sections in This Document (46)

Full Text

929 chars
2
In 1986, appellees Brenda Hussion and Julie Wright were tenants in the Douglass Village Apartments, a housing project financed by the FmHA and subsidized by the Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD").1 The FmHA financed the complex as part of a program to provide low income apartment units in rural areas. See 42 U.S.C. § 1485 (1988). In this program and similar housing projects, the rent of tenants is calculated, pursuant to federal requirements, to equal 30% of monthly adjusted family income. See 42 U.S.C. § 1437f(o )(11)(B)(ii) (1988); 24 C.F.R. § 813.107(a)(1) (1991). The present dispute arose from the failure of Douglass Village Apartments to participate in a grievance procedure to resolve problems with Hussion's and Wright's tenancies. In both cases, the tenancies were terminated based on non-payment of rent, following a disputed assessment of family income and a resulting miscalculation of rent.