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The Public Housing Tenancy: Variation On The Common Law That Give Security Of Tenure And Control, Shelby D. Green
The Public Housing Tenancy: Variation On The Common Law That Give Security Of Tenure And Control, Shelby D. Green
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
This Article explores the character of the public housing tenancy, comparing it with the common law tenancy under private lease law and evaluating the degree to which private lease law will protect the interests of low-income families if current proposals to abolish existing in-kind housing programs are adopted. Part II of this Article traces the history of federally funded housing programs and describes the various strategies employed. Part III discusses the recent changes in modern private lease law and recounts the basic rights and obligations of the landlord and tenant, which define and govern the rights of low-income families under …
Property Rights: A View From The Trenches, Michael A. Heller
Property Rights: A View From The Trenches, Michael A. Heller
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How do governments create - or in some countries recreate - basic property rights that citizens demand in the transition to a market economy? My first comment, quite briefly, is on the debate within this Symposium on the relationship between constitutional reforms and the emergence of new property regimes. Second, I will comment on the counterintuitive property rights regime that is emerging from the "big bang" - the post-1989 collapse of the old socialist legal order in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and its replacement with a new, market-oriented system of property rights.