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The End Of The Home Affordable Modification Program And The Start Of A New Problem, Christopher K. Whelan
The End Of The Home Affordable Modification Program And The Start Of A New Problem, Christopher K. Whelan
Brooklyn Law Review
The mortgage crisis hit the United States hard, leaving millions of homeowners facing hardship and foreclosure. One of many programs enacted during the mortgage crisis was the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP). The Obama Administration set out to assist three to four million struggling homeowners in modifying their mortgages and avoiding foreclosure. This note examines HAMP, focusing on the years of litigation that shaped HAMP, giving life to a program that was built on a foundation ready to crack. HAMP provided homeowners with modified mortgage payments, typically beginning with a trial period plan. Once completed, homeowners were routinely denied, resulting …
Code Sec. 1031 After The 2017 Tax Act, Bradley T. Borden
Code Sec. 1031 After The 2017 Tax Act, Bradley T. Borden
Faculty Scholarship
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Charting A New Course In Cuba? Why The Time Is Now To Settle Outstanding American Property Claims, Marco Antonio Dueñas
Charting A New Course In Cuba? Why The Time Is Now To Settle Outstanding American Property Claims, Marco Antonio Dueñas
Brooklyn Journal of International Law
The recent warming of relations between the United States and Cuba offered generations of Cubans; Americans; and Cuban Americans renewed hope for normalized relations. One obstacle—satisfactory resolution of property claims—stands in the way; which dates back to the Cuban government’s nationalization of all U.S. assets on the island. The Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996 (the “Helms-Burton Act”) predicates resolution of these decades-old property claims by the Cuban government as an essential condition for the full resumption of economic and diplomatic relations between the two neighbors. Separated by only ninety miles of Caribbean Sea; but more than a …
Design Center Leasing - A Hybrid Approach, Richard J. Sobelsohn
Design Center Leasing - A Hybrid Approach, Richard J. Sobelsohn
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Insuring Sustainable Homeownership, David Reiss
Insuring Sustainable Homeownership, David Reiss
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.