Seattle University School of Law
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
University of Toronto
Georgetown University Law Center
San Jose State University
University of Michigan Law School
University of Kentucky College of Law
Boston College Law School
Florida's Housing Trust Fund -- Addressing The State's Affordable Housing Needs,
2018
Florida State University College of Law
Florida's Housing Trust Fund -- Addressing The State's Affordable Housing Needs, Kristin Larsen
Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law
No abstract provided.
The End Of The Home Affordable Modification Program And The Start Of A New Problem,
2018
Brooklyn Law School
The End Of The Home Affordable Modification Program And The Start Of A New Problem, Christopher K. Whelan
Brooklyn Law Review
The mortgage crisis hit the United States hard, leaving millions of homeowners facing hardship and foreclosure. One of many programs enacted during the mortgage crisis was the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP). The Obama Administration set out to assist three to four million struggling homeowners in modifying their mortgages and avoiding foreclosure. This note examines HAMP, focusing on the years of litigation that shaped HAMP, giving life to a program that was built on a foundation ready to crack. HAMP provided homeowners with modified mortgage payments, typically beginning with a trial period plan. Once completed, homeowners were routinely denied, resulting ...
Taking Away The Tightrope: Fixing The National Flood Insurance Program Circus Via Eminent Domain,
2018
Brooklyn Law School
Taking Away The Tightrope: Fixing The National Flood Insurance Program Circus Via Eminent Domain, Alexander S. Mendelson
Brooklyn Law Review
As Harvey, Irma, Maria and other major 2017 storms washed upon the shores of the United States, millions of people across the nation in major cities and rural areas alike found their possessions, their homes, and sadly in many cases their lives, washed away with the storms. The destructive hurricane season came just as Congress began to consider the reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), a federal system of subsidized flood insurance created to fill a void left by private insurers in the 1960s. Extreme weather events such as these illustrate the need for such a program and ...
Fair Share: Reinvigorating The Twin Cities’ Regional Affordable Housing Calculus,
2018
University of Minnesota Law School
Fair Share: Reinvigorating The Twin Cities’ Regional Affordable Housing Calculus, Chase Hamilton
Law & Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice
No abstract provided.
Segregation Now, Segregation Tomorrow, Segregation Forever?,
2018
University of Minnesota Law School
Segregation Now, Segregation Tomorrow, Segregation Forever?, Elizabeth K. Julian
Law & Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice
No abstract provided.
The Persistence Of Segregation In The 21st Century,
2018
University of Minnesota Law School
The Persistence Of Segregation In The 21st Century, Paul A. Jargowsky
Law & Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice
No abstract provided.
The Summit For Civil Rights: Mission, Structure, And Initial Outcomes,
2018
University of Minnesota Law School
The Summit For Civil Rights: Mission, Structure, And Initial Outcomes, Myron Orfield, William Stancil
Law & Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice
No abstract provided.
50 Years Later—The State Of Civil Rights And Opportunity In America,
2018
University of Minnesota Law School
50 Years Later—The State Of Civil Rights And Opportunity In America, Catherine E. Lhamon
Law & Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice
Abridged Transcript, The Summit for Civil Rights, November 9, 2017
A Conversation On Learning From The History Of The Civil Rights Movement,
2018
University of Minnesota Law School
A Conversation On Learning From The History Of The Civil Rights Movement, Walter F. Mondale
Law & Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice
Introduction & Abridged Transcript, The Summit for Civil Rights, November 10, 2017
The Rise Of Market Urbanism,
2018
Touro Law Center
The Rise Of Market Urbanism, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
A View From American Courts: The Year In Indian Law 2017,
2018
Seattle University School of Law
A View From American Courts: The Year In Indian Law 2017, Grant Christensen
Seattle University Law Review
This Article provides a comprehensive review of Indian law for 2017. It does not include a citation to every case related to Indian law issued by the courts but tries to incorporate the majority of opinions into its catalog to provide a robust discussion of the changes in Indian law over the course of 2017. Part I of this Article provides some general statistics about Indian law in 2017. Part II focuses on activity at the U.S. Supreme Court, which is the most watched forum for Indian law cases for obvious reasons. Part III groups cases by subject area ...
Things Invisible To See: State Action & Private Property,
2018
Texas A&M University School of Law
Things Invisible To See: State Action & Private Property, Joseph William Singer, Isaac Saidel-Goley
Texas A&M Law Review
This Article revisits the state action doctrine, a judicial invention that shields “private” or “non-governmental” discrimination from constitutional scrutiny. Traditionally, this doctrine has applied to discrimination even in places of public accommodation, like restaurants, hotels, and grocery stores. Born of overt racial discrimination, the doctrine has inflicted substantial injustice throughout its inglorious history, and courts have continuously struggled in vain to coherently apply the doctrine. Yet, the United States Supreme Court has not fully insulated “private” or “horizontal” relations among persons from constitutional scrutiny. The cases in which it has applied constitutional norms to non-governmental actors should be celebrated rather ...
Syria Under Pinheiro: Reformulating Syrian Domestic Law For Decentralized Reconstruction,
2018
Brooklyn Law School
Syria Under Pinheiro: Reformulating Syrian Domestic Law For Decentralized Reconstruction, George Somi
Brooklyn Journal of International Law
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; since 2011; the Syrian conflict has generated roughly 5.4 million refugees; while approximately 6.5 million people are internally displaced within the country; making it the largest internally displaced population in the world. Rebuilding Syria’s infrastructure; homes; and businesses will be an immense task; with cost estimates ranging between $250–$350 billion USD. The Syrian government and the international community have already started to contemplate postwar reconstruction and even wartime reconstruction; despite the ongoing fighting. This Note operates under the assumption that the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad ...
Testing Fannie Mae's And Freddie Mac's Post-Crisis Self-Preservation Policies Under The Fair Housing Act,
2018
Elisabeth Haub School of Law, Pace University
Testing Fannie Mae's And Freddie Mac's Post-Crisis Self-Preservation Policies Under The Fair Housing Act, Shelby D. Green
Cleveland State Law Review
Beginning in the 1930s, the federal government adopted programs and policies toward safe and decent housing for all. The initiatives included the creation of the Federal Housing Administration that, among other things, spurred mortgage lending by guaranteeing mortgage loans to low- and moderate-income borrowers. The creation of the secondary mortgage market by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (GSEs) helped provide more liquidity for loan originators. However, somewhere along the way, these GSEs lost their way, as they pursued profitability without regard to risk and heedlessly bought mortgages without considering quality.
The overabundance of poor quality mortgages led to the housing ...
Trapped In The Shackles Of America's Criminal Justice System,
2018
St. Mary's University School of Law
Trapped In The Shackles Of America's Criminal Justice System, Shristi Devu
The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice
Abstract forthcoming
Residential Segregation And Interracial Marriages,
2018
University of California, Davis, School of Law
Residential Segregation And Interracial Marriages, Rose Cuison Villazor
Fordham Law Review
Part I highlights recent data on racially segregated neighborhoods and low rates of interracial marriage to underscore what Russell Robinson refers to as “structural constraints” that shape and limit romantic preferences. As I discuss in this Part, many cities today continue to be racially segregated. Notably, current data demonstrate a strong correlation between low rates of interracial marriage and racially segregated neighborhoods in those cities. By contrast, contemporary studies indicate that in cities where communities are more racially and economically integrated, the rate of interracial marriages is high. Part II argues that the association between high rates of segregation and ...
Law School News: 'Force Multipliers': Ri Tenant Stablization Project Aims To Help Eviction And Homelessness Issues For Low-Income Tenants 04-06-2018,
2018
Roger Williams University School of Law
Law School News: 'Force Multipliers': Ri Tenant Stablization Project Aims To Help Eviction And Homelessness Issues For Low-Income Tenants 04-06-2018, Michael M. Bowden
Life of the Law School (1993- )
No abstract provided.
The Prison To Homelessness Pipeline: Criminal Record Checks, Race, And Disparate Impact,
2018
Howard University School of Law
The Prison To Homelessness Pipeline: Criminal Record Checks, Race, And Disparate Impact, Valerie Schneider
Indiana Law Journal
Study after study has shown that securing housing upon release from prison is critical to reducing the likelihood of recidivism,1 yet those with criminal records— a population that disproportionately consists of racial minorities—are routinely denied access to housing, even if their offense was minor and was shown to have no bearing on whether the applicant would be likely to be a successful renter. In April of 2016, the Office of General Counsel for the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued much anticipated guidance dealing directly with the racially disparate impact of barring those with ...
Establishing A More Effective Safmr System: The Cost And Benefits Of Hud's 2016 Small Area Fair Market Rent Rule,
2018
University of Michigan Law School
Establishing A More Effective Safmr System: The Cost And Benefits Of Hud's 2016 Small Area Fair Market Rent Rule, John Treat
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
This Note analyzes the new HUD rule finalized in November 2016, which dramatically changed the structure of the Housing Choice Voucher program in select metropolitan areas. In August 2017, HUD suspended automatic implementation of the rule until 2020 for twenty-three of the twenty-four selected metropolitan areas, but in December 2017, a preliminary injunction was granted requiring HUD to implement the rule as of January 1, 2018. The rule as written changes the method for calculating the vouchers from using a metropolitan area-wide average to calculating a separate level for each zip code. Such a change could greatly deconcentrate poverty and ...
The Current Predatory Nature Of Land Contracts And How To Implement Reforms,
2018
University of Notre Dame Law School
The Current Predatory Nature Of Land Contracts And How To Implement Reforms, Stacy Purcell
Notre Dame Law Review
Because land contracts are frequently inequitable, advocates and legislators have called for enhanced regulation. This Note examines the imbalance of power between sellers and buyers during the formation of land contracts, the ways the law has attempted to lessen the inequality, and how to implement potential reforms. Part II discusses the history of land contracts and their recent resurgence since the 2008 housing crash. Part III explains that while current land contracts are often predatory, land contracts could potentially be a useful way for low-income individuals to become homeowners. Part IV outlines proposed national and state reforms. Part V makes ...
