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No Brakes: Loan Acceleration And Diminishing Foreclosure Defenses, Eric A. Zacks, Dustin A. Zacks

Law Faculty Research Publications

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Airbnb And The Battle Between Internet Exceptionalism And Local Control Of Land Use, Jamila Jefferson-Jones, Stephen R. Miller

Law Faculty Research Publications

No abstract provided.

A Standing Question: Mortgages, Assignment And Foreclosure, Eric A. Zacks, Dustin A. Zacks

Law Faculty Research Publications

"Banks are neither private attorneys general nor bounty hunters, armed with a roving commission to seek out defaulting homeowners and take away their homes in satisfaction of some other bank's deed of trust."

This Article examines the judicial treatment of mortgage assignments across various jurisdictions in the foreclosure context. Although some courts do permit debtors to challenge suspicious or problematic assignments, most have ignored such problems and denied standing to debtors attempting to assert assignment-based defenses. This is particularly surprising given the widespread and well-documented problems with foreclosure "robo-litigation," including backdated documents, fraudulent notarizations, and unauthorized signatures. Despite the abuse …

Out Of House, And Home: Refocusing On Homelessness, Vulnerable Populations, And Human Rights, Adele M. Morrison

Law Faculty Research Publications

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Urban Renewal After The 1974 Housing Act, John E. Mogk, George J. Mager

Law Faculty Research Publications

No abstract provided.