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Sustainable Affordable Housing, Andrea Boyack Jul 2018

Sustainable Affordable Housing, Andrea Boyack

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Sustainable real estate development is an essential component of intergenerational justice, in part because the real estate sector creates more than 20% of the world’s carbon emissions. Governments, recognizing that environmentally sustainable real estate development involves higher upfront costs, have encouraged green building by offering publicly funded incentives such as tax credits, grants, reduced approval fees, and streamlined permitting. Using market measurement innovations such as the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, investors can promote environmentally sustainable development by prioritizing real estate developers that embrace environmentally conscious practices. Even though real estate in general still underperforms in many other sectors in terms …


Why Mortgagors Can't Get No Satisfaction, R. Wilson Freyermuth Jan 2007

Why Mortgagors Can't Get No Satisfaction, R. Wilson Freyermuth

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This article addresses current law governing mortgage satisfaction, the need for effective reform, and the extent to which URMSA provides (or fails to provide) that reform.