The Commonwealth Court has ruled that applicants who are denied public housing have the right to have their appeals heard in court. In making its decision, the court overturned a nearly 30-year-old precedential opinion.
An en banc panel of the court overruled two prior decisions that had held that a housing authority’s decision was not an adjudication under Section 101 of the Administrative Agency Law because the applicants did not have a personal or property interest in the benefits.
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