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Housing--Mobile Homes--Some Legal Questions, Mark Summers, Frederick D. Fahrenz, David C. Shepler Jun 1973

Housing--Mobile Homes--Some Legal Questions, Mark Summers, Frederick D. Fahrenz, David C. Shepler

West Virginia Law Review

Because of the increasing use of the mobile home as a form of housing, practitioners will be handling an ever-increasing number of cases dealing with the problems of the mobile home resident. The four major areas of investigation of mobile home law dealt with here are taxation, zoning, warranties, and fixtures. The purpose of the article is not to reveal any particular deficiencies in West Virginia's mobile home law, but rather to investigate and synthesize the law in a comprehensive review. While there are certain areas where the need for reform has been suggested, compiling the law as a research …


Substandard Housing And The Cost Of Providing Housing-Related Services, David Podoff, Daniel A. Primont, Louis Esposito, Boston Urban Observatory, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jun 1973

Substandard Housing And The Cost Of Providing Housing-Related Services, David Podoff, Daniel A. Primont, Louis Esposito, Boston Urban Observatory, University Of Massachusetts Boston

Boston Urban Observatory Publications

Designed as a comparative undertaking by the National League of Cities (NLC) , this study is officially entitled "National Research Agenda Project No. 5: Substandard Housing and the Cost of Providing Housing-Related Services." A similar study was carried out by the urban observatories in Denver and Nashville. According to the study scope of services, the NLC was interested in the cost of "a wide variety of local government activities ... required to support and service urban housing," and how these costs "are affected by housing quality, housing location, age and type of structures. ..." It was also suggested that attention …


Pointing The Way To Housing Quality, Alexander Cooper, Michael Kwartler, Charles Reiss Jan 1973

Pointing The Way To Housing Quality, Alexander Cooper, Michael Kwartler, Charles Reiss

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This article highlights the Urban Design Council's goals of promoting the highest economically feasible standard of quality in residential housing and seeking to stimulate beneficial development in cities. The article describes the current zoning plan in effect in New York City, proposes new approaches to improve housing quality by exploring the elements of "quality" and zoning as a means of achieving such quality housing.


Municipalities And The Increasing Need For Low And Moderate Income Housing Sep 1971

Municipalities And The Increasing Need For Low And Moderate Income Housing

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Housing Inspectional Services On Housing Maintenance In The City Of Boston: A Preliminary Evaluation, Boston Urban Observatory, University Of Massachusetts Boston Jul 1971

The Impact Of Housing Inspectional Services On Housing Maintenance In The City Of Boston: A Preliminary Evaluation, Boston Urban Observatory, University Of Massachusetts Boston

Boston Urban Observatory Publications

This study is a preliminary evaluation of the relative impacts of various City policies and programs related to the enforcement of housing codes and to the maintenance and upgrading of the existing supply of housing. It analyzes code enforcement functions at both the level of central administration and field procedures. City departments covered by the study include Housing Inspection (HID), Building, and the environmental unit of Health and Hospitals. Also reviewed are newer approaches to housing code enforcement, including civil remedies and federally-assisted concentrated code enforcement projects.


The Fourteenth Amendment And The State Action Doctrine Mar 1967

The Fourteenth Amendment And The State Action Doctrine

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Constitutional Law-State Action: Significant Involvement In Ostensibly Private Discriminations-Mulkey V. Reitman, Michigan Law Review Jan 1967

Constitutional Law-State Action: Significant Involvement In Ostensibly Private Discriminations-Mulkey V. Reitman, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

From 1959 through 1963, the California legislature enacted a series of statutes which prohibited racial discrimination in the sale or rental of housing. Most important among these were the Unruh Civil Rights Act, which proscribed racial discrimination by "business establishments of every kind,'' and the Rumford Fair Housing Act, which prohibited such conduct by anyone in the sale or rental of residential housing containing more than four units. Adverse public reaction to these statutes resulted in an amendment to the California constitution15 by means of an initiative measure in the general election of 1964. This amendment, popularly known as Proposition …


Nondiscrimination Implications Of Federal Involvement In Housing, Jerome B. Ullman Jun 1966

Nondiscrimination Implications Of Federal Involvement In Housing, Jerome B. Ullman

Vanderbilt Law Review

Government enforcement of equal opportunity in all housing, or in all housing connected with the various federal programs discussed in this note, would virtually eliminate the present fear among many whites that the presence of Negroes in the community hurts property values. Even if there were any basis to such a fear, the fact that Negroes had an easily enforceable right to purchase property in all neighborhoods would tend to prevent such price devaluation since the actual presence of Negroes in more and more areas would eventually make all white neighborhoods non-existent. Moreover,the fact that all, or the vast majority …


Bias In Housing: Toward A New Approach, Charles E. Rice Jan 1966

Bias In Housing: Toward A New Approach, Charles E. Rice

Journal Articles

The problem of racial discrimination in housing is the product of several factors. Among these is racial prejudice on the part of private land owners, real estate brokers, builders and mortgage finance institutions.


Discrimination Against Minorities In The Federal Housing Programs Jul 1956

Discrimination Against Minorities In The Federal Housing Programs

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Recent Slum Clearance And Urban Redevelopment Laws, Philip H. Hill Sep 1952

Recent Slum Clearance And Urban Redevelopment Laws, Philip H. Hill

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Housing: A Cursory Analysis Of Available Remedies With Particular Reference To The Anti-Trust Laws--Part Ii, G. E. Hale Jan 1951

Housing: A Cursory Analysis Of Available Remedies With Particular Reference To The Anti-Trust Laws--Part Ii, G. E. Hale

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Housing: A Cursory Analysis Of Available Remedies With Particular Reference To The Anti-Trust Laws, G. E. Hale Jan 1951

Housing: A Cursory Analysis Of Available Remedies With Particular Reference To The Anti-Trust Laws, G. E. Hale

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Hillsborough County Zoning Regulations January 3, 1950 With Amendments July 21, 1950 And August 31, 1952, Board Of County Commissioners Of Hillsborough County, Florida Jan 1950

Hillsborough County Zoning Regulations January 3, 1950 With Amendments July 21, 1950 And August 31, 1952, Board Of County Commissioners Of Hillsborough County, Florida

City and Regional Planning -- Florida

Zoning Regulations for Housing, Industrial, and Commercial use


Some Constitutional Aspects Of The Kentucky Municipal Housing Commission Act, Phillip Schiff Jan 1939

Some Constitutional Aspects Of The Kentucky Municipal Housing Commission Act, Phillip Schiff

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Housing Legislation In Kentucky, Byron Pumphrey Jan 1936

Housing Legislation In Kentucky, Byron Pumphrey

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Housing Legislation In Kentucky (Cont.), Byron Pumphrey Jan 1936

Housing Legislation In Kentucky (Cont.), Byron Pumphrey

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.