Harding v. Ohio Real Estate Comm.

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• holding that residents of public housing have cause of action under § 1983 for PHA’s denial of statutorily-mandated “reasonable” utility allowances
• concluding that a private cause of action existed where statute and its legislative history were devoid of an indication that exclusive enforcement authority was vested in HUD
• concluding that a private cause of action existed where statute and its legislative history were devoid of an indication that exclusive enforcement authority was vested in HUD
• holding that section 1983-based private cause of action under federal statute will be allowed notwithstanding well-developed administrative agency enforcement mechanism where no evidence of Congressional intent to provide otherwise
• holding that Court will not “lightly” conclude that section 1983 is impliedly foreclosed
• holding that public-housing tenants could use §1983 to enforce a provision of the Hous- ing Act of 1937 capping their rental payments

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