North Dakota Supreme Court Holds That Caseworkers Have No Duty to Advise AFDC Recipients on Avoiding Lump-Sum Rule Consequences

Food Stamp Overissuance Calculations Should Be Based on AFDC Amount Recipient Should Have Received

Ohio Court of Appeals Holds Lower Court Lacked Jurisdiction over Eviction Action with Custody and Support Issues

Fired Welder Argues Union's Failure to File Timely Demand for Arbitration Breached Its Duty of Fair Representation

Case Prioritization Rule and Child Care Freeze Policy Affecting Florida JOBS Participants Invalidated

Puerto Rican Veterans Alleging Discriminatory Review of Degree of Disability Determinations Awarded Retroactive Benefits

Section 8 Tenants Entitled to Preliminary Injunction Requiring Apartment Complex Owner to Comply with Housing Act

Second Mortgage on Property Worth Less Than Amount Owed on First Mortgage Can Be Treated as an Unsecured Debt

Indigent Parent Entitled to Appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem for Child in Custody Dispute

Nursing Home May Differentiate Among Applicants with Disabilities Without Violating Section 504

New York Court Addresses Scope of Weakened Rent Stabilization Code

Agency Fails to Prove That Section 8 Tenant's Boyfriend and Father of Two of Her Children Resided at Her Address

Suggestions Offered for Extending Mandatory Medicaid Managed Care from One-County Program to a Larger Program

Native American Consumer Alleges Used Car Dealer Denied Him Credit Terms Equal to Those for White Citizens

Atlanta Housing Authority to Cease Summary Denial of Applicants with Criminal History

Court Rules That Settlement in Loan Fraud Class Action Inadequately Protects Members' Interests

Appeals Council Directs ALJ to Review Prison Health Records to Determine Whether SSI Claimant Is Disabled

Homeless Persons’ Appeal of San Francisco’s Enforcement of Laws Criminalizing Living in Public Places Is Moot

Tenant Entitled to an Emergency Temporary Injunction Requiring Landlord to Restore Electric Services and Furniture

Debtors Argue That Per Se Rule Denying Confirmation of Five-Year Chapter 13 Plans Violates Due Process

Township Ordered to Act Promptly on Applicant's Request for Poor Relief

Salesperson Discharged for Making Discourteous Comment Is Not Disqualified from Receiving Benefits

Class Action to Ensure Community Homes for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Is Settled

HUD Charges Landlord with Familial-Status Discrimination for Advertising "1 Child in 2 Bedroom"

Landlord, Refusing to Rent to Families with Young Children, Is Charged with Discrimination

Plaintiff Granted Loan Rescission Based on TILA Violation