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Non-Debt And Non-Bank Financing For Home Purchase: Promises And Risks, Shelby D. Green Jan 2022

Non-Debt And Non-Bank Financing For Home Purchase: Promises And Risks, Shelby D. Green

American University Business Law Review

No abstract provided.


Washington, D.C.: The Capital Of Fair Housing Act Violations, Arielle Aboulafia Jan 2022

Washington, D.C.: The Capital Of Fair Housing Act Violations, Arielle Aboulafia

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


The Multifaceted Manifestations Of The Poor Door: Examining Forms Of Separation In Inclusionary Housing, Conor Arpey Jan 2017

The Multifaceted Manifestations Of The Poor Door: Examining Forms Of Separation In Inclusionary Housing, Conor Arpey

American University Business Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Tale Of Two Cities: The Regulatory Battle To Incorporate Short-Term Residential Rentals Into Modern Law, Dana Palombo Jan 2015

A Tale Of Two Cities: The Regulatory Battle To Incorporate Short-Term Residential Rentals Into Modern Law, Dana Palombo

American University Business Law Review

No abstract provided.


"Going Green" The Wrong Way: How Governments Are Unconstitutionally Delegating Their Legislative Powers In Pursuit Of Environmental Sustainability, Brandon L. Boxler Jun 2011

"Going Green" The Wrong Way: How Governments Are Unconstitutionally Delegating Their Legislative Powers In Pursuit Of Environmental Sustainability, Brandon L. Boxler

Legislation and Policy Brief

Through either executive or legislative power, state and local governments are rapidly effecting policies that encourage environmental sustainability. Many of these policies have logically targeted buildings and infrastructure, both of which have a significant adverse impact on the environment. In the United States, 38 percent of the nation’s carbon dioxide emissions and 67 percent of its electricity usage come from buildings. New laws and policies are attempting to decrease these figures by requiring construction projects to “go green” and implement sustainable building practices. These legal initiatives have the potential to create substantial environmental benefits by reducing energy consumption, greenhouse gas …


Armed And Dangerous: The Crime Of Mortgage Fraud And What Congress Must Do To Stop It, Gabriel Zitrin Sep 2010

Armed And Dangerous: The Crime Of Mortgage Fraud And What Congress Must Do To Stop It, Gabriel Zitrin

Legislation and Policy Brief

Instead, it will simply argue that while the relevant monetary policymakers continue far too slowly in the pursuit of mortgage securities reform, lawmakers whose purview includes the housing sector should use this opportunity to pursue a two-part strategy of aggressively combating fraud in the terms and sales of individual mortgages and taking bold measures to ensure that not simply embattled mortgage-holders but the victims of fraudulent lending behavior can achieve financial sustainability, even as they keep ownership of their homes.


Will The Current Economic Crisis Fuel A Return To Racial Policies That Deny Homeownership Opportunity And Wealth?, Marcia Johnson Jan 2010

Will The Current Economic Crisis Fuel A Return To Racial Policies That Deny Homeownership Opportunity And Wealth?, Marcia Johnson

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


Slums, Slumdogs, And Resistance, Tayyab Mahmud Jan 2010

Slums, Slumdogs, And Resistance, Tayyab Mahmud

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Bringing Human Rights Home: The Dc Right To Housing Campaign, Meetali Jain Jan 2010

Bringing Human Rights Home: The Dc Right To Housing Campaign, Meetali Jain

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


Fair Housing Laws And The Constitutional Rights Of Roommate Seekers, Christine A. Kolosov Jan 2008

Fair Housing Laws And The Constitutional Rights Of Roommate Seekers, Christine A. Kolosov

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


Don't You Be My Neighbor: Restrictive Housing Ordinances As The New Jim Crow , Marisa Bono Jan 2007

Don't You Be My Neighbor: Restrictive Housing Ordinances As The New Jim Crow , Marisa Bono

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


Legislative Updates Jan 2007

Legislative Updates

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


Advancing The Right To Adequate Housing Of Desperately Poor People: City Of Johannesburg V. Rand Properties, Lilian Chenwi Jan 2006

Advancing The Right To Adequate Housing Of Desperately Poor People: City Of Johannesburg V. Rand Properties, Lilian Chenwi

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.


A Home Of One's Own: The Fair Housing Amendments Act Of 1988 And Housing Discrimination Against People With Mental Disabilities, Arlene S. Kanter Jan 1994

A Home Of One's Own: The Fair Housing Amendments Act Of 1988 And Housing Discrimination Against People With Mental Disabilities, Arlene S. Kanter

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.