In response to the OCA v Carson lawsuit, HUD issued a call for comments on the 2-year suspension shortly before the preliminary injunction hearing. Although the court rejected this post-hoc effort, the rule received a strong outpouring of support from advocates for low income families across the country, as well as scattered complaints from PHAs and their trade associations. Here are a selection of comments supportive of the original rule (all the comments can be reviewed at www.regulations.gov).
- Letter from PRRAC and the Lawyers Committee
- Letter from the National Housing Law Project and members of the Housing Justice Network
- Letter and study submitted by the NYC Furman Center
- Letter from Katherine O’Regan (former HUD Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research
- Letter from Professor Ann Owens, University of Southern California
- Letter from the ACLU
- Letter from the Open Communities Alliance (Hartford)
- Letter from Jacksonville Legal Aid Society
- Letter from Atlanta Legal Aid Society
- Letter from Fair Share Housing (NJ)
- Letter from the Inclusive Communities Project (Dallas)
