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Due Process—Administrative Law—Public Assistance: Applicant's Right To A Fair Hearing—Davis V. Toledo Metropolitan Housing Authority, 311 F. Supp. 795 (N.D. Ohio 1970), Anon
Washington Law Review
Plaintiff applied for admission to a low income housing program administered by the Toledo Metropolitan Housing Authority. The Authority's regulation concerning admission to the program provided several standards for determining an applicant's character eligibility. The regulations required that applicants of unqualified character be declared ineligible on the general grounds of "non-desirability." Plaintiff was denied a place on the waiting list for housing program vacancies on those grounds. Her request for the specific facts supporting the Housing Authority's decision was denied, and her appeal for a "fair hearing" to contest the decision was refused. Plaintiff brought suit to enjoin the Housing …