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Code Compliance Enforcement In The Mortgage Crisis, Kermit J. Lind
Code Compliance Enforcement In The Mortgage Crisis, Kermit J. Lind
Kermit J. Lind
This is a short presentation of suggestions for better code compliance enforcement. It takes into account the distresses brought about by the mortgage crisis. It calls for a strategic approach rather than a reactive approach. It assumes a necessity for making choices about what policing programs and actions will produce maximum compliance beneficial to residents and occupying homeowners in residential neighborhoods.
Conservation And Rehabilitation Of Housing: An Idea Approaches Adolescence, J. Michael Warren
Conservation And Rehabilitation Of Housing: An Idea Approaches Adolescence, J. Michael Warren
Michigan Law Review
From the time of construction, buildings are subject to the physical elements, the wear and tear of time, and the constant march of progress which transforms yesterday's luxuries into today's necessities. Left unchecked, these forces tend to produce the slums and blight that traditionally have been the curse of urban areas. Private, charitable, and civic organizations were the first to deal with the problem of improving conditions in slum areas. Later, state and local governments joined the effort, and although they were somewhat more successful than the pioneers in the field, without federal assistance the task proved to be beyond …