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Appraisal Discrimination: Five Lessons For Litigators, Heather R. Abraham
Appraisal Discrimination: Five Lessons For Litigators, Heather R. Abraham
Journal Articles
Appraisal discrimination not only persists, but its influence has actually increased in some housing markets. New studies document how contemporary appraisal methods operate as systemic racism, such as how appraisers select from a narrower set of comparable properties when appraising homes in predominantly Black neighborhoods. Recent events have renewed public attention to appraisal discrimination, from shocking news stories to a new multiagency federal task force. In tandem, a new wave of litigation has emerged. This Article examines litigation as one element of a multifaceted approach to combatting appraisal discrimination. After examining the weaknesses of the regulatory framework governing appraisals, this …
Segregation Autopilot: How The Government Perpetuates Segregation And How To Stop It, Heather R. Abraham
Segregation Autopilot: How The Government Perpetuates Segregation And How To Stop It, Heather R. Abraham
Journal Articles
Housing segregation is a defining feature of the American landscape. Scholars have thoroughly documented the government’s historic collusion in segregating people by race. But far from correcting its reprehensible past, the government continues to perpetuate housing segregation today. As if on autopilot, its spending and regulatory activities routinely reinforce housing segregation. Not only is this immoral and bad policy, it is against the law. The government has a statutory duty to conduct its business in a manner that reduces housing segregation. This duty arises from a unique civil rights directive passed by Congress over fifty years ago in the Fair …
Fair Housing’S Third Act: American Tragedy Or Triumph?, Heather R. Abraham
Fair Housing’S Third Act: American Tragedy Or Triumph?, Heather R. Abraham
Journal Articles
Fifty-two years ago, Congress enacted a one-of-a-kind civil rights directive. It requires every federal agency—and state and local grantees by extension—to take affirmative steps to undo segregation. In 2020, this overlooked Fair Housing Act provision—the “affirmatively furthering fair housing” or “AFFH” mandate—has heightened relevance. Perhaps most visible is Donald Trump’s racially charged “protect the suburbs” campaign rhetoric. In an apparent appeal to suburban constituents, his administration repealed a race-conscious fair housing rule, replacing it with a no-questions-asked regulation that elevates “local control” above civil rights.
The maneuver is especially stark as protesters fill the streets, marching in opposition to systemic …
Tenants Without Rights: Immigrants’ Experiences In The U.S. Low-Income Housing Market, Mekkonen Firew Ayano
Tenants Without Rights: Immigrants’ Experiences In The U.S. Low-Income Housing Market, Mekkonen Firew Ayano
Journal Articles
Immigrants who recently arrived in the United States generally are not able to exclusively possess rental properties in the formal market because they lack a steady source of income and credit history. Instead, they rent shared bedrooms, basements, attics, garages, and illegally converted units that violate housing codes and regulations. Their situations highlight the disconnect between tenant rights law and the deleterious conditions of informal residential tenancies. Tenant rights law confers a variety of rights and remedies to a residential tenant if the renter has exclusive possession of the premises. If the renter lacks exclusive possession, courts typically characterize the …
Married On Sunday, Evicted On Monday: Interpreting The Fair Housing Act's Prohibition Of Discrimination "Because Of Sex" To Include Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity, Joseph J. Railey
Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Inclusion Imagined: Fair Housing As Metropolitan Equity, David D. Troutt
Inclusion Imagined: Fair Housing As Metropolitan Equity, David D. Troutt
Buffalo Law Review
No abstract provided.
Fair Housing: Introduction, Buffalo Law Review
Fair Housing: Introduction, Buffalo Law Review
Buffalo Law Review
No abstract provided.
Equitably Housing (Almost) Half A Nation Of Renters, Andrea J. Boyack
Equitably Housing (Almost) Half A Nation Of Renters, Andrea J. Boyack
Buffalo Law Review
No abstract provided.
Affirmatively Furthering Equal Protection: Constitutional Meaning In The Administration Of Fair Housing, Blake Emerson
Affirmatively Furthering Equal Protection: Constitutional Meaning In The Administration Of Fair Housing, Blake Emerson
Buffalo Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Push Green Development Zone: Building Housing Equity From The Ground Up, Sam Magavern, Aaron Bartley
The Push Green Development Zone: Building Housing Equity From The Ground Up, Sam Magavern, Aaron Bartley
Buffalo Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Louisiana Road Home Program: A Path Of Unintended Consequences, Everett Fineran
The Louisiana Road Home Program: A Path Of Unintended Consequences, Everett Fineran
Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Overcoming Discrimination In Housing, Credit, And Urban Policy (Transcript), Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal
Overcoming Discrimination In Housing, Credit, And Urban Policy (Transcript), Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal
Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Lead-Based Paint Real Estate Notification And Disclosure Rule, Claude E. Walker
The Lead-Based Paint Real Estate Notification And Disclosure Rule, Claude E. Walker
Buffalo Environmental Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Dispersion Requirements For The Siting Of Group Homes: Reconciling New York's Padavan Law With The Fair Housing Amendments Act Of 1988, Kevin J. Zanner
Dispersion Requirements For The Siting Of Group Homes: Reconciling New York's Padavan Law With The Fair Housing Amendments Act Of 1988, Kevin J. Zanner
Buffalo Law Review
No abstract provided.
An American Vision: The Right To Shelter, S. Lynn Martinez
An American Vision: The Right To Shelter, S. Lynn Martinez
In the Public Interest
No abstract provided.
Double Reverse Discrimination In Housing: Contextualizing The Starrett City Case, Thomas W. Simon
Double Reverse Discrimination In Housing: Contextualizing The Starrett City Case, Thomas W. Simon
Buffalo Law Review
No abstract provided.
Building A Community Base For Housing Development In The 1990s: A Modest Proposal For Buffalo, New York, George M. Hezel
Building A Community Base For Housing Development In The 1990s: A Modest Proposal For Buffalo, New York, George M. Hezel
Buffalo Law Review
No abstract provided.
An Assessment Of The Impact Of An Implied Warranty Of Habitability In New York State, Matthew Greenblatt
An Assessment Of The Impact Of An Implied Warranty Of Habitability In New York State, Matthew Greenblatt
Buffalo Law Review
No abstract provided.