Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-14
Ruling toAIlow
Federal Housing
Reimbursement
Mony OF 5000 Units
Here 10 Be Affected
By Curb Exemption

nSs4agsax IN The nsxtfse4 l. sxesars
from rent cuzatfgA ~an saeAn A,ah
ival boosts AFa rent fVSsssessosas
tng many o. ttae stsse passlsa
taeaNsng Units administered ey tsss
Capital hossSlas Author.
lty Il VAS learned tsSaay
Taar courts unA.lrszsAs ssesaaaca
vas given on The Government 9
ApprAl fGesn . gas4hK as tive
t'nlird STATES Cc5gE ~ AFsgeals
herr uasl such housing ss subject
10 The District Real Act IN The
sasae ~ay a. private tss4saag
The ruins az tssr lo@FT CNs9Tt
had struck al the heart al the
SYSTEM By which public hstasAnS
tsaell1oaaliy hAA bern operated.
NCHA ofileisls Aaid
uaGsrt thr SystefA sustained wa
teYday by the supreme Court rents
arr constantly hrine casAasct Ia
line with tenant incomes
IhlaeT Tells 81 tffset
II publicly administered housing
had been tied 10 the District Rent
Act. such ups and downs In tho
ren. level would not have e~en
possible and much ai the purpose
Of public housing would have been
defeated, NcHA efneialx saia
That q considerable number ~
both rent increases and reductions
would be likely within q Mort time
as a result OF the latest court
decision wAs explained thia Say ey
John ThldeF. kCHA executive
offioer
"Pendlng outcome of the case,
we have deferred making . con-
siderable number Of changes In
rents that we're necessary To lhe
proper operation al The Graded
rent system Nov Ne can so
ahead with these. and can also
SO ahead with q study Of what
further changes will be needed
Reductions we're moi made. he
said. because II the Court Of APP
peala ruling had been upheld rent
increases wouid have bern vtr-
tually impossible. since the law
makes no provision for increases
based on family income
so II We had made a decrease,
We never would have been per
mitted 10 make an increase ne
explained, Therefore. Ne held
Oh on makIng decrease
Graded Rsnts Explained.
gNcHA's somewhat complicated
graded rent system works some
thing like this;
On each dwelling unit. there In
set what Ii called an economic
or cost" rent. Theoretically. X
this rent were charged. the tenant
would be payins an amount
which would take care OF The cost
Of the property, including taxea.
However. OWNS TO . Federal sub
sidy and q District tax eSemp-
ton. Il Is possible for NCHA 10
scale down this economic" rent
10 O graded rent based on The In
come OF the family and The nun.
Der OF persons In the family
As the familyA income rises. the
rem, theoretically rises. loo, Whrn
the family income falls. the rent
theoretically drops also II
familys income reaches too hiel
level TO permit continued elis-
ibility for public housing, hChA
has been charging = ktiil~highsr
rent which II calls q comparable "
rent. That is. comparable 10
rents for similar privately owned
dwellings.
Nov tina, the Supreme Court
has settled the question Of whether
NcHA must ask permission Of the
District Rent Control Adminiatfn-
ton before IL changes renta for
the dwellings IL operates, Mr..
Ihlder pointed out. the GRADED rent
system can be- put into greater
effect.
Mr.. Ihlder aid hs Rad no ldsa
a. TO how many individual units
would be affected. or what peY-
centAge would receive rent faiaes
or rent reductions,
The Court Of Appeals ruled In
favor Of Reginald p witisk. who
contendcd NcHA violated the
D.Stric. Act b. raising his rent
from sss 70 10 SIS = month with
out authorization from rent con-
troll authorities.
Llable 10 Recovery kuits-
The Government said Tie ruling
made IL liable 70 ksiiss fof recovery
of double lle amount Of various
rent increases collected since lsal.
Ths potential liability VA easi-
mated 1T more than $500 .1ao
Justice Burton. xfso delivered
the decision, reytsSed the ostsin
Of rent control during early oPA
days.
lie sad the national pstpr adS
mi1istrasor appeared SATISFIED
wiih conditions In the District.
ny this satisfaction. NJ Bars7n
said. Tire price administrator fs1ds-
Gated that the local practices fol-
lowed by the District Rent 40
ministSasson. IN not aitsmpsanx
70 IN tas rentals 10 Government
owned hoaaane bad produced 10
conditions which A<smsd 10 TIE
national price struinissrasor 10
cali for Federal irsksswntten,
Mr.. wntsk. o Mary uaarhtEsst.
launched the long ocesTt nxstt 10
avoid eviction from o hosasszsg azsss
nj Quadrant Green O. ~. after re-
funafsa 20 eoey tsss rent Increase
ordered By the NC5iA-
Tise Municipal Court ruled
agasnss Mr.. Wtttsk. hkat ths
United States courT Of Appeals
Upheld has contention that hzs
rent could ncs be raised wstfaoasG
approval os ira Twsst sAmraassa-
ton
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