Portela v. Pierce

650 F.2d 210 16 ERC 1229 , 11 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,792 Hector PORTELA, Emma Portela et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Samuel R. PIERCE, Jr. * , in his official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development et al., Defendants- Appellees. No. 79-4002. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 12, 1980. Decided July 6, 1981. Rehearing Denied Aug. 10, 1981. John O. Calmore, Berkeley, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Donna L. Martin, San Francisco, Cal., argued for defendants-appellees; Betty Wolfe, Sacramento, Cal., on brief. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before SCHROEDER and FARRIS, Circuit Judges, and HARRIS ** , District Judge. SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge: 1 This action was brought by tenants of Hacienda Northgate, formerly a low income housing project, to set aside the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)'s disposition of the project. The Sacramento, California project was financed in 1969 under Section 236 of the National Housing Act, 12 U.S.C. § 1715z-1. As a result of mortgage foreclosure proceedings and subsequent foreclosure sale, HUD…