Portland Observer November 29, 1979 Page 6
Low incom e tenants due rent refunds
M em bers of Jack and Jill present fruit and canned
goods to Mrs. M aud Nicholas at the Nicholas Care
Center. Pictured w ith M rs. Nicholas, Deanna M it-
chell, W alter M itchell. Aaron W alker. Charles W hite,
Valerie W hite
(Photo: Richard Brown)
Urban League shifts staff
The U rban League o f P o rtla n d
to d a y announced several s ta ff
changes w ith in the o rg a n iz a tio n
which w ill enhance its services to the
c o m m u n ity . E d w a rd B a rto n has
been appointed Director o f Financial
A ffa irs ; Norm Monroe has been ap­
pointed Deputy D irector; and Avel
Waters w ill replace Monroe as Direc­
to r o f the Urban League’ s Northeast
Youth Service Center. As a result o f
these appointments, several positions
o f current s ta ff members and w ill
p ro vid e fo r h irin g new s ta ff in to
those vacated positions.
Ed B a rto n was em ployed as
Associate D ire cto r o f Agency Ser­
vices fo r United Way before jo ining
the Urban League s ta ff on Novem­
ber 13. As Associate Director, Bar­
ton was responsible fo r planning and
administering the allocations o f all
member agency funds as well as
special fu n d in g o f non -m e m b e r
locally based human service projects.
He has a Juris Doctorate from N o r­
thwest School o l Law , Lewis and
C la rk C ollege, where he also ob-
“““
tained his B.S.
N orin Monroe is currently Direc­
to r o f the Urban League's Northeast
Y outh Service C enter where he is
responsible fo r program planning
and im p le m e n ta tio n and c o o r­
d in a tio n o f y o u th program s w ith
groups, institutions, agencies and the
Juvenile justice system. Barton has a
B.S. from Oregon State U niversity
and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at
P ortland State U niversity. He w ill
assume the responsibilities o f Deputy
Director in mid-December.
A ve l W aters c u rre n tly serves as
S ta ff Manager at the Urban League’ s
Northeast Youth and Senior A d u lt
Service Center where she is respon­
sible fo r the supervision o f co u n ­
selors and o th e r s ta ff persons
assigned to the Centers. Avel has a
B.S. from Portland State University
and has had extensive w o rk ex­
perience in m anagem ent and
crim inal justice. She w ill assume the
duties o f Director o f the Northeast
Y o u th Service C enter in m id-
December.
W A S H IN G T O N , D .C .--A n esti­
mated th re e -q u a rte r m illio n lo w -
income tentants who overpaid rents
in “ Section 236” governm ent-sub­
sidized housing between Feb. I, 1975
and September 30, 1977 are being
sought through a massive direct mail
and outreach e ffo rt so they can be
paid back some $60 m illio n in rent
overcharges.
The rent refunds o f up to $500 per
eligible tenant are a result o f a settle­
ment in eleven class action suits in­
clu d in g a n a tio n w id e class a ctio n
file d on b e h a lf o f "S e c tio n 236”
housing tenants against the Depart­
ment o f H ousing and U rb a n
Development.
Boxes o f cla im fo rm s and in ­
structions were mailed the week o f
October 22, 1979 to the owners o f
some 4,800 “ Section 236” housing
projects. The project owners w ill dis­
trib u te cla im fo rm s to a ll cuieent
tenants. In addition, claim forms are
being m ailed d ire c tly to fo rm e r
tenants who have moved, i f the pro­
ject owner or former tenant has sup­
plied fo rw a rd in g addresses to the
claim processing center. Persons who
are unsure w hether an a p artm ent
project in w hich they lived at any
time between Feb. 1, 1975 and Sept.
30, 1977 was a “ 236" project should
contact the apartment owner or man­
ager or look at th e ir leases o r any
other forms completed when moving
in, or contact a local H U D o ffice or
a co m m u n ity g roup p ro vid in g free
legal assistance.
In order to receive their refunds,
eligible tenants must return the com­
pleted form s no later than Jan. 31,
1980, to the C le rk o f the U .S.
D istrict C ourt, P.O. Box 60864, Los
Angeles, C a lifo rn ia , 90060. Former
tenants who have lived in “ Section
236” housing and wish to obtain a
claim fo rm can call the claim p ro ­
cessing ce n te r’ s to ll free num ber
(800) 8 2 4 - 7 9 8 0 .
A ll claims w ill be processed and
evaluated, and all checks w ill be sent
at one tim e, in the Spring o f 1980.
Eligible tenants, on the average, w ill
receive approximately $15 a month,
fo r 32 months.
The nationw ide class action suit
was brought in 1976 against H U D ,
which has refused to fo llo w a con­
gressional m andate to d is trib u te
fu n d s to “ S ection 236” p ro je ct
owners to subsidized increased tax
and u tility costs being borne by the
low-income tenants. A tenant in Car-
son, C a lifo rn ia was the first named
p la in tiff in the nationwide case. The
Western Center is a grantee o f the
Legal Services C o r p o ra tio n , a
p riv a te n o n p ro fit o rg a n iz a tio n
established by Congress to provide
free legal assistance to the p oor in
civil matters.
The 1978 settlem ent, w hich was
agreed to by form er H U D secretary
P a tric ia
H a rris ,
dire cts
the
distribution o f the rent refunds.
The nationwide e ffo rt to reach the
thousands o f eligible tenants, being
undertaken by the m edia and
through the network o f legal services
attorneys, is necessary because many
eligible tenants do not realize that
they are members o f the class to
w hom the se ttle m e n t has been
awarded. One problem in reaching
eligible tenants is that an estimated
30-50 percent o f the renters w ho
lived in “ Section 236” subsidized
apartm ent housing during the tw o-
year period have since moved out o f
goverqment-subsudized housing.
The nationwide e ffo rt to reach the
thousands o f eligible tenants, being
u n d e rta ke n by the m edia and
through the network o f legal services
attorneys, is necessary because many
eligible tenants do not realize (hat
they are members o f the class to
whom the settlement has been awar­
ded.
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