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The Texas Urban Renewal Law - An Important But Primitive Tool For Community Development., Arthur Troilo
The Texas Urban Renewal Law - An Important But Primitive Tool For Community Development., Arthur Troilo
St. Mary's Law Journal
The Texas Urban Renewal Act (the Act) of 1954 has provided nearly twenty-four Texas cities access to federal assistance programs in redeveloping their blighted communities. As the federal government began withholding its financial support for urban assistance programs, many cities began reevaluating their approaches to redevelopment and the outmoded provisions of the Act. The holding in Davis v. Lubbock (1959) established the constitutional limits of the Urban Renewal Act according to the recent Texas Constitution. This study examines the shortcomings experienced as cities relied more on local funding while struggling with the inefficiencies apparent in the Act’s execution in adhering …
Administrative Law- Practice And Procedure- Tenants Of A Public Housing Project Must Be Accorded Due Process Protections Before The Promulgation Of An Across-The-Board Rent Increase
Fordham Urban Law Journal
In June 1971, the chairman of the New Rochelle Housing Authority notified all tenants of a new $2.00 per room per month service charge and tenants instituted an action under section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act. The tenants asked the court to declare the charge invalid and enjoin the increase unless the tenants were first accorded a hearing. The US District Court for SDNY granted tenants summary judgment holding they had a due process right to notice and a hearing. The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit modified this holding they had certain due process rights, their rights …