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The Rise And Fall Of The Implied Warranty Of Habitability, David A. Super
The Rise And Fall Of The Implied Warranty Of Habitability, David A. Super
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Growing concern about poverty in the late 1960s produced two sweeping legal revolutions. One gave welfare recipients rights against arbitrary eligibility rules and benefit terminations. The other gave low-income tenants recourse when landlords failed to repair their homes. The 1996 welfare law exposed the welfare rights revolution's frailty. Little-noticed by legal scholars, the tenants' rights revolution also has failed, and for broadly similar reasons. Withholding rent deliberately to challenge landlords' failure to repair is unduly risky for most tenants in ill-maintained dwellings: either moving to better housing is a better option or the risk of retaliation is too great. The …
Fraud Is Fun: Or How A Foreclosure Rescue Scam Changed My Life, Peter A. Holland
Fraud Is Fun: Or How A Foreclosure Rescue Scam Changed My Life, Peter A. Holland
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Bridging The Barriers: Public Health Strategies For Expanding Drug Treatment In Communities, Ellen M. Weber
Bridging The Barriers: Public Health Strategies For Expanding Drug Treatment In Communities, Ellen M. Weber
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States around the country have begun to adopt programs to divert drug offenders from jails and prisons to community-based drug treatment services. For this strategy to succeed, local officials will need to expand the availability of outpatient and residential treatment programs and address the barriers to siting treatment services, the most significant of which are community opposition and government zoning policies that facilitate community resistance. Civil rights laws, including the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Fair Housing Act (FHA), prohibit zoning discrimination against persons with histories of alcoholism and drug dependence and provide a solid legal foundation for …
Community Development: A New Tool For Strengthening Urban Neighborhoods, Brenda Bratton Blom, Robert B. Inerfeld
Community Development: A New Tool For Strengthening Urban Neighborhoods, Brenda Bratton Blom, Robert B. Inerfeld
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The Use Of Racial Statistics In Fair Housing Cases, David S. Bogen, Richard V. Falcon
The Use Of Racial Statistics In Fair Housing Cases, David S. Bogen, Richard V. Falcon
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