Supreme Court Ruling Sought In Tribes’ Dispute With HUD Over Payments

(April 9, 2018, 8:26 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Several Indian tribes and housing agencies asked the U.S. Supreme Court March 22 to review a divided 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ finding that while the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development illegally took back federal funding from 22 Native American housing agencies due to alleged overpayments, the agency does not have to repay the money if HUD no longer has the recaptured funds in its possession (Fort Peck Housing Authority, et al. v. United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, et al., No. 17-1353, U.S. Sup., 2018 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 1251)....