Alphonse Mourad, owner of the federally subsidized Mandela apartment complex in Roxbury, is suing [Raymond L. Flynn] housing adviser Peter Dreier for the city official's labeling of him a "slumlord."

Mourad's suit, filed in Middlesex Superior Court, charges that Dreier has also accused the landlord of "failing to pay his bills, corruption, mismanagement, milking, ripping off, taking out improper loans and stealing money."

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Copyright Boston Herald Library Oct 28, 1992
A Boston landlord battling city efforts to seize control of his property has sued a ranking aide to Mayor Raymond L. Flynn for slander, prompting the aide to in turn call him "a kook."
Alphonse Mourad, owner of the federally subsidized Mandela apartment complex in Roxbury, is suing Flynn housing adviser Peter Dreier for the city official's labeling of him a "slumlord."
Mourad's suit, filed in Middlesex Superior Court, charges that Dreier has also accused the landlord of "failing to pay his bills, corruption, mismanagement, milking, ripping off, taking out improper loans and stealing money."
Dreier yesterday dismissed the suit as "harassment," and let loose on Mourad one more time.

"He's a kook. He's basically got his back against the wall and he's going to lose his building," the Flynn aide said.

"The fact that he is a slumlord is not just my opinion. It's based on his track record. Truth is the best defense," Dreier said.

Mourad faces the loss of the Mandela complex in a bid by the city to have the 276 apartments placed into state receivership because of conditions in the development.