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Responsible Devolution Of Affordable Housing, Andrea Boyack
Responsible Devolution Of Affordable Housing, Andrea Boyack
Faculty Publications
The federal government has been heavily involved in promoting housing affordability since the 1930s and continues to have a critical role to play. Over the past several decades, the federal government has financed affordability by promoting development and income subsidies, but specific allocation decisions have devolved. Housing inequities can best be addressed locally, but only if localities are held to high standards of fairness and regional coordination is facilitated. Successful and sustainable local solutions to housing affordability will also require a substantial financial investment, one that the federal government can and should reliably and adequately provide. Each year, Congress permits …
Residential Mortgage Default And The Constraints Of Junior Liens, R. Wilson Freyermuth, Dale A. Whitman
Residential Mortgage Default And The Constraints Of Junior Liens, R. Wilson Freyermuth, Dale A. Whitman
Faculty Publications
Our purpose in this Article is to show how and why junior liens impose these constraints on the process of resolving residential mortgage loan defaults, and to suggest some changes in the law that can restore a measure of desirable flexibility for borrowers and servicers in negotiating default resolutions. At the same time, these suggestions take into account, as they must, the need for fairness in respecting the legitimate rights of junior lienholders.
Endangering Missouri’S Captive Cervid Industry, Lauren Hunter
Endangering Missouri’S Captive Cervid Industry, Lauren Hunter
Missouri Law Review
This Note seeks to explore the validity of regulations proposed by the Commission to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease (“CWD”) – a fatal neurodegenerative disease – in cervids, such as white-tailed deer. Part II discusses the facts and circumstances surrounding the Missouri Supreme Court’s decision in Hill v. Missouri Department of Conservation. Part III dissects the delicate balance between private property interests and government interests, the scope of the Commission’s regulatory authority, as well as the driving forces behind the “right-to-farm” amendment to the Missouri Constitution. Part IV unpacks the court’s reasoning in Hill before concluding with a …