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There Goes The Neighborhood: The Evolution Of "Family" In Local Zoning Ordinances, William Graham

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Cost Of Home Ownership In Vermont, 1975-1990, Arthur G. Woolf

New England Journal of Public Policy

Housing prices in Vermont, like those in the other New England states, shot up dramatically during the economic boom of the 1980s. This article investigates the causes of that price increase and focuses on the cost of home ownership in Vermont in the years 1975 to 1990. Cost of home ownership is defined as the percentage of family income needed to finance an average-price home. Although prices skyrocketed during the 1980s, the actual cost of home ownership as a percentage of income was about 15 percent greater in 1990 than it was during the mid-1970s. Housing price increases are expected …

An American Vision: The Right To Shelter, S. Lynn Martinez

In the Public Interest

No abstract provided.

Landlords As Cops: Tort, Nuisance & Forfeiture Standards Imposing Liability On Landlords For Crime On The Premises, Barbara Glesner Fines

Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

The New Law Governing General Public Assistance, Sarah Mulken

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Housing The Homeless Through Expanding Access To Existing Housing Subsidies, Barbara Sard

New England Journal of Public Policy

The premise of this article is that homelessness in America today is essentially a product of the lack of affordable housing for very low-income people. The article outlines this central income/housing gap analysis as the factual predicate of the goal to alleviate homelessness through securing subsidized housing resources for the homeless and imminently homeless. It explains why, based on the nature and number of annually available housing subsidies, expanding access to existing housing subsidies is a valuable, workable, short-term, at least partial solution to the immediate crisis of lack of affordable housing, albeit one which does not negate the acknowledged …

Shelter The American Way: Federal Urban Housing Policy, 1900-1980, Ronald Dale Karr

New England Journal of Public Policy

American urban housing policy has featured subsidies for the suburban middle class and parsimonious spending for the urban poor. The outlines of this policy took shape during the Progressive Era: acceptance of the capitalistic market economy, support for the deserving poor needing temporary help, toleration of racial segregation, and the designation of overcrowding as the single most important urban problem. Progressive housing reformers championed stricter housing codes and model tenements, but housing conditions for the urban poor showed little improvement.

The U.S. government avoided direct involvement in housing until the early 1920s, when it promoted local zoning legislation. Under the …

The Housing Crisis Enters The 1990s, Peter Dreier, Richard Appelbaum

New England Journal of Public Policy

Homelessness in the United States is a symptom of a much deeper economic and housing crisis — a widening gap between incomes and housing prices. With the end of the Cold War, the nation has the resources to solve these problems, but to do so it must mobilize the political will. This article examines the roots of crisis, the public policies and market forces that created it, and policy recommendations to solve the problem. Key to forging a solution is building the political coalition needed to create a broad public consensus.

Separating The Objective, The Subjective, And The Speculative: Assessing Compensatory Damages In Fair Housing Adjudications, 26 J. Marshall L. Rev. 3 (1992), Alan W. Heifetz, Thomas C. Heinz

UIC Law Review

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Counseling A Victim Of Racial Discrimination In A Fair Housing Case, 26 J. Marshall L. Rev. 53 (1992), Michael P. Seng, Jay Einhorn, Merilyn D. Brown

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

Maximizing Damages In A Fair Housing Case, 26 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1 (1992), Kale Williams

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Mental Anguish And Humiliation Suffered By Victims Of Housing Discrimination, 26 J. Marshall L. Rev. 39 (1992), Larry Heinrich

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

From One Dollar To $2.4 Million: Narrowing The Spectrum Of Damage Awards In Fair Housing Cases Through Basic Tort Litigation Tactices, 26 J. Marshall L. Rev. 29 (1992), Larry R. Rogers, Kelly N. Kalus

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Need For Affordable Housing: The Constitutional Viability Of Inclusionary Zoning, 26 J. Marshall L. Rev. 75 (1992), Serena M. Williams

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

Due Process

Touro Law Review

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Due Process

Touro Law Review

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A Constitutional Right Of Religious Exemption: An Historical Perspective, Philip A. Hamburger

Faculty Scholarship

Did late eighteenth-century Americans understand the Free Exercise Clause of the United States Constitution to provide individuals a right of exemption from civil laws to which they had religious objections? Claims of exemption based on the Free Exercise Clause have prompted some of the Supreme Court's most prominent free exercise decisions, and therefore this historical inquiry about a right of exemption may have implications for our constitutional jurisprudence. Even if the Court does not adopt late eighteenth-century ideas about the free exercise of religion, we may, nonetheless, find that the history of such ideas can contribute to our contemporary analysis. …

Supreme Court Jurisdiction

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.

Double Reverse Discrimination In Housing: Contextualizing The Starrett City Case, Thomas W. Simon

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Eviction Without Conviction: Publichousing Leasehold Forfeiture Under 21 U.S.C.Section 881, Gregory W. Wiercioch

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

The New York Law School Reporter, Vol 8, No. 2, May 1991, New York Law School

Student Newspapers

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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.

Is A Lodging House A Home? Rent Protection For New York City Lodging House Residents, Lynda Braun

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Preventing The Silent Epidemic From Crippling Our Children: Recommended Revisions Of The Illinois Lead Poisoning Prevention Act, 24 J. Marshall L. Rev. 843 (1991), Carolyn H. Eckert

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

Standing In The Shadows: Honoring The Contractual Obligations Of Cohabitants For Support, Tammy L. Lewis

Seattle University Law Review

Initially, this Comment will examine traditional theories of marital support and their relation to post-cohabitant support. Next, this Comment will review express contract, implied-in-fact contract, and quasi-contract theories of support and how these different theories have been effectively applied by various state courts. A brief discussion follows concerning federal courts and the confusion surrounding the federal jurisdiction of cohabitation actions. Finally, the contract theories of relief will be contrasted against proposed legal status solutions.Ultimately, this Comment concludes that post-cohabitation support issues are best resolved through contract theories. Solutions based on legal status are extremely intrusive and impose unbargained-for terms upon …

Advocating Affordable Housing In New Hampshire: The Amicus Curiae Brief Of The American Planning Association In Wayne Britton V. Town Of Chester, 40 Wash. U. J. Urb. & Contemp. L. 3 (1991), Brian W. Blaesser, Susan Marie Connor, Eric Damian Kelly, Stuart Meck

UIC Law Open Access Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Constitutional Challenges To Section 812 Of The Fair Housing Act, Craig Sloan

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

My Home, My Debt: Remodeling The Home Mortgage Interest Deduction, Joseph A. Snoe

Kentucky Law Journal

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Hud And Housing In The 1990s: Crises In Affordability And Accountability, Michael Allan Wolf

Law Faculty Publications

America is increasingly becoming a nation of housing haves and have-nots. While the majority of American homeowners are well housed and have significant equity in their homes, the prosperity of these homeowners does not reflect the plight of the nation's growing number of low- and moderate-income households.

[D]uring the tenure of Secretary Pierce HUD was an agency in total disarray and was woefully mismanaged. Housing programs established to benefit the poor were abused. During much of the 1980's, HUD was enveloped by influence peddling, favoritism, abuse, greed, fraud, embezzlement and theft. In many housing problems objective criteria gave way to …

Necessity Or Overkill? Regulating Residential Landlord-Tenant Relations Through The Utah Consumer Sales Practices Act, David L. Johnson

BYU Law Review

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