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Local And Federal Statutory And Regulatory Bases For Preventing Lead Poisoning, Lucy Billings Jan 1995

Local And Federal Statutory And Regulatory Bases For Preventing Lead Poisoning, Lucy Billings

Articles & Chapters

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Amicus Curiae Brief, Simms V. First Gibraltar Bank, 83 F.3d 1546 (5th Cir. 1996) (No. 94-20386), F. Willis Caruso, Michael P. Seng, John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Clinic Jan 1995

Amicus Curiae Brief, Simms V. First Gibraltar Bank, 83 F.3d 1546 (5th Cir. 1996) (No. 94-20386), F. Willis Caruso, Michael P. Seng, John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Clinic

Court Documents and Proposed Legislation

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Is There Life After Abandonment--The Key Role Of New York City's In Rem Housing In Establishing An Entitlement To Decent, Affordable Housing, Andrew Scherer Jan 1995

Is There Life After Abandonment--The Key Role Of New York City's In Rem Housing In Establishing An Entitlement To Decent, Affordable Housing, Andrew Scherer

Articles & Chapters

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Opening Doors: How To Cut Discrimination By Supporting Neighborhood Integration, John Yinger Jan 1995

Opening Doors: How To Cut Discrimination By Supporting Neighborhood Integration, John Yinger

Center for Policy Research

The last few years have witnessed a quantum leap in the enforcement of fair housing and fair lending legislation. The 1988 Fair Housing Amendments Act gave new enforcement powers to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Justice. For example, HUD can how initiate complaints against housing agents who discriminate. Moreover, several events, including release of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data, which show wide disparities in loan acceptance rates between whites on the one hand and blacks and Hispanics on the other, have led financial regulatory agencies such as the Federal Reserve Board …


Solutions To The Affordable Housing Crisis: Perspectives On Privatization, Peter W. Salsich Jan 1995

Solutions To The Affordable Housing Crisis: Perspectives On Privatization, Peter W. Salsich

All Faculty Scholarship

This article examines the government efforts to respond to affordable housing issues and summarizes the criticisms of these policies and programs. The author focuses on the privatization movement which pushes for a reduction in government participation in public housing activities in order to transfer control and responsibility to the private sector. The article also reviews European policies such as the concept of social housing. The article stresses that careful attention must be paid to the privatization mechanisms selected and emphasizes that shared expectations, shared values, and shared commitment can bring about a successful affordable housing strategy. The article describes some …


Reflections On Inclusionary Housing And A Renewed Look At Its Viability, Laura M. Padilla Jan 1995

Reflections On Inclusionary Housing And A Renewed Look At Its Viability, Laura M. Padilla

Faculty Scholarship

This article explores property rights, housing policy, and affordable housing.


Introduction To Mortgage Lending Discrimination Law, Robert G. Schwemm Jan 1995

Introduction To Mortgage Lending Discrimination Law, Robert G. Schwemm

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

Although mortgage lending discrimination and the laws that forbid it have been a part of the American landscape for over two decades, it has only been in recent years that this subject has captured the attention of the public, Congress, and federal enforcement officials. The result has been a tremendous upsurge in interest in this field. Still, there are relatively few cases that have been litigated to a conclusion on the merits, and fewer still that have resulted in plaintiff's victories. Thus, we find ourselves in an exciting period of great potential, but as yet not fully realized accomplishment, as …