AEGiS-NYT: Brooklyn: Judge Bars Rent Increase

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Brooklyn: Judge Bars Rent Increase

The New York Times - October 31, 2006
Sewell Chan

A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction yesterday barring the city and state from sharply increasing the rent contribution required from about 2,200 poor adults with H.I.V. or AIDS who live in subsidized apartments in New York City. Housing Works, an advocacy group that sought the injunction, saying the increase violated federal housing law, praised the ruling. Judge Frederic Block of Federal District Court gave the state and city 45 days to make their case. The city says the state ordered the change; the state says the increase would bring the city into compliance with rules other localities follow.

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