District Court, D. Maryland March 22, 1976, Civ. H-74-858, H-74-859 and H-75-95 (Fenner v. Bruce Manor, Inc.)

HARVEY, District Judge:

In each of these three civil actions, the plaintiffs and the members of the class they represent are tenants in certain housing projects owned and operated by private entities (“the private defendants”) and regulated by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) and his delegates (“the federal defendants”) under various provisions of the