A Guide To Understanding And Addressing Vacant Property In The City Of St. Louis,
2018
Saint Louis University School of Law
A Guide To Understanding And Addressing Vacant Property In The City Of St. Louis, Dana M. Malkus
All Faculty Scholarship
The City of St. Louis has a serious vacant property challenge. Since the population peak in 1950, the City has experienced a 63% decline in population and now has one of the highest rates of vacancy in the nation.1 The City has approximately 25,000 vacant properties.2 Approximately 12,000 of these are owned by the Land Reutilization Authority (LRA) or other public agencies,3 which means that approximately 13,000 are privately owned. Most of those vacant properties
are concentrated in the north and southeast portions of the City.4 For a city of its size, the City has "an …
Segregation In St. Louis: Dismantling The Divide,
2018
ArchCity Defenders
Segregation In St. Louis: Dismantling The Divide, For The Sake Of All [In Collaboration With], Thomas Harvey, John Mcannar, Michael-John Voss, Ascend Stl Inc., Community Builders Network Of Metro St. Louis, Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing And Opportunity Council (Ehoc), Team Tif
All Faculty Scholarship
Place matters. Where people live in St. Louis has been shaped by an extensive history of segregation that was driven by policies at multiple levels of government and practices across multiple sectors of society. The effect of segregation has been to systematically exclude African American families from areas opportunity that support economic, educational, and health outcomes.
Are The Stars Aligning For Fannie And Freddie Reform?,
2017
Cornell Law School
Are The Stars Aligning For Fannie And Freddie Reform?, David J. Reiss
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
There has been a lot of talk of the closed-door discussions in the Senate about a reform plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two mammoth housing finance government-sponsored enterprises. There has long been a bipartisan push to get the two entities out of their conservatorships with some kind of permanent reform plan in place, but the stars never aligned properly. There was resistance on the right because of a concern about the increasing nationalization of the mortgage market and there was resistance on the left because of a concern that housing affordability would be unsupported in a new …
Caring For Humanity: Non-Profit Elderly Law,
2017
California State University, Monterey Bay
Caring For Humanity: Non-Profit Elderly Law, Sierra Samp
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
This Capstone was an internship that focused on care in Humanity at Legal Services for Seniors. There is a journal that includes the observations of care in the law office. I focus on how attorneys care for each clients humanness while they are working on their cases. Attorneys may be doing work that can be quite intimidating, but the care they give is quite extraordinary.
Side By Side: Revitalizing Urban Cores And Ensuring Residential Diversity,
2017
Washburn University School of Law
Side By Side: Revitalizing Urban Cores And Ensuring Residential Diversity, Andrea J. Boyack
Chicago-Kent Law Review
No abstract provided.
Linchpin Approaches To Salvaging Neighborhoods In The Legacy Cities Of The Midwest,
2017
The University of Toledo College of Law
Linchpin Approaches To Salvaging Neighborhoods In The Legacy Cities Of The Midwest, Shelley Cavalieri
Chicago-Kent Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Limits Of Mobility And The Persistence Of Urban Inequality,
2017
Georgetown University Law Center
The Limits Of Mobility And The Persistence Of Urban Inequality, Sheila Foster
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
David Schleicher's Article, Stuck! The Law and Economics of Residential Stagnation, draws much-needed attention to the consequences of declining interregional mobility of low-income workers. However, this Response argues that Schleicher's policy prescriptions evince a blind spot for the economic and racial stratification of disadvantaged populations within the successful metro regions these new migrants would enter. The concentration of highly skilled, educated, and affluent populations in the urban core, and the segregation and isolation of disadvantaged populations outside of it, impose additional costs on new migrants to access economic opportunities. Schleicher fails to sufficiently account for these costs, which offset …
Amending The Virginia Residential Landlord-Tenant Act Regarding Liability For Bedbug Extermination,
2017
University of Richmond
Amending The Virginia Residential Landlord-Tenant Act Regarding Liability For Bedbug Extermination, Lisa Allen
Richmond Public Interest Law Review
An addition to the Virginia Code has caused complications for residential tenants who experience bedbugs in their rental units. A proposed amendment to this law will hold landlords liable for dealing with bedbugs infestations because landlords are in a position that makes them most able to afford treatment. This amendment would also address bedbugs effectively according to scientific research and align with federal housing guidelines.
Maine's Foreclosure Mediation Program: What Should Constitute A Good Faith Effort To Mediate?,
2017
University of Maine School of Law
Maine's Foreclosure Mediation Program: What Should Constitute A Good Faith Effort To Mediate?, Jesse D. Stewart
Maine Law Review
The collapse of the housing bubble and subsequent financial downturn of 2008 unleashed a flood of foreclosure filings in the Maine courts, threatening the fundamental aspiration of homeownership for many Maine residents. This Comment examines the significant steps Maine has taken to address increased foreclosure filings through the implementation of a foreclosure mediation program and offers concrete suggestions to further improve the program.
Leverage: State Enforcement Actions In The Wake Of The Robo-Sign Scandal,
2017
University of Maine School of Law
Leverage: State Enforcement Actions In The Wake Of The Robo-Sign Scandal, Raymond H. Brescia
Maine Law Review
In the fall of 2010, the revelations that tens of thousands of foreclosure filings across the nation were likely fraudulent—if not outright criminal—sparked a nation-wide investigation by all fifty state attorneys general to assess the extent of the scandal and its potential impacts, but also to consider likely legal and policy responses to such behavior. One of the tools at the state attorneys general’s disposal that might rein in this behavior includes each state’s Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices (UDAP) laws. Such laws typically prohibit “unfair” and “deceptive” practices, which are described loosely in these laws, and often give …
Land Banks In Missouri: A Comparative Analysis Of Statutory Schemes In Kansas City And St. Louis,
2017
University of Missouri School of Law
Land Banks In Missouri: A Comparative Analysis Of Statutory Schemes In Kansas City And St. Louis, Yelena Bosovik
The Business, Entrepreneurship & Tax Law Review
The housing and financial crisis of 2008 may be behind us, but a drive though any community, especially large urban areas, reveals too many boarded up buildings and abandoned properties littering an otherwise prosperous horizon. For many municipalities, the solution has been to create land banks to take possession of tax-delinquent properties and to sell them, with clean titles, for redevelopment or public use. This paper begins with a brief overview of the evolution of land banks, and a discussion on Missouri’s two land banks, one in Kansas City, and another one in the city of St. Louis. At the …
A Cross-Sectional Exploration Of Household Financial Reactions And Homebuyer Awareness Of Registered Sex Offenders In A Rural, Suburban, And Urban County.,
2017
University of Louisville
A Cross-Sectional Exploration Of Household Financial Reactions And Homebuyer Awareness Of Registered Sex Offenders In A Rural, Suburban, And Urban County., John Charles Navarro
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
As stigmatized persons, registered sex offenders betoken instability in communities. Depressed home sale values are associated with the presence of registered sex offenders even though the public is largely unaware of the presence of registered sex offenders. Using a spatial multilevel approach, the current study examines the role registered sex offenders influence sale values of homes sold in 2015 for three U.S. counties (rural, suburban, and urban) located in Illinois and Kentucky within the social disorganization framework. Homebuyers were surveyed to examine whether awareness of local registered sex offenders and the homebuyer’s community type operate as moderators between home selling …
Parallel State,
2017
University of Baltimore School of Law
Parallel State, Gregory Dolin, Irina D. Manta
Cardozo Law Review
Alternatively glamorized and reviled, Rio de Janeiro's shantytowns, known as 'favelas," have become a fixture of the city's architecture and life. It is estimated that about 1.5 million people reside in these informal settlements that are scattered in the center and outskirts of Brazil's second-largest metropolitan area. Operating in the shadow of the law and lacking formal ownership title, favela residents have constructed an intricate set of informal rules to buy, sell, rent, and bequeath property that is often administered by the residents' associations of individual neighborhoods, which also assist in mediating related conflicts. While largely untested legal mechanisms may …
K&P Homes V. Christiana Trust, 133 Nev. Adv. Op. 51 (July 27, 2017),
2017
University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law
K&P Homes V. Christiana Trust, 133 Nev. Adv. Op. 51 (July 27, 2017), Yolanda Carapia
Nevada Supreme Court Summaries
The Court determined that the SFR Investments Pool 1, LLC v. U.S. Bank, N.A. decision, extinguishing first security interests, applies retroactively to all foreclosures occurring prior to the date of the decision and since NRS 116.3116’s inception.
Race, Rhetoric, And Judicial Opinions: Missouri As A Case Study,
2017
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Race, Rhetoric, And Judicial Opinions: Missouri As A Case Study, Brad Desnoyer, Anne Alexander
Maryland Law Review
No abstract provided.
It Takes A Village: Designating "Tiny House" Villages As Transitional Housing Campgrounds,
2017
University of Michigan Law School
It Takes A Village: Designating "Tiny House" Villages As Transitional Housing Campgrounds, Ciara Turner
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
A relatively new proposal to reduce homelessness in the United States involves extraordinarily small dwellings. While the “tiny house” movement is intuitively appealing and has found sporadic success, strict housing codes, building codes, and zoning laws often destroy the movement before it can get off the ground. One possibility for getting around these zoning and building code challenges, without drastic overhauls to health and safety codes, is to create a new state-level zoning classification of “transitional campgrounds.” A new zoning classification would alleviate the issue because campgrounds are consistently subject to less strict building codes, which could permit tiny houses …
Accessible Credit, Sustainable Credit And The Federal Housing Administration,
2017
Cornell Law School
Accessible Credit, Sustainable Credit And The Federal Housing Administration, David Reiss
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
The secondary mortgage market stands on three legs. The first leg, created in the early 1930s, is made up of government instrumentalities like the Federal Housing Administration (the FHA) and the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae). The second leg, created in the 1930s, but taking off in the 1970s, is made up of public/private hybrids like the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac). The third leg, created in the 1970s, but taking off in the 1990s, is the “private label” market, which is made up of private companies that package …
Out Of House And Home: The Disparate Application Of Louisiana’S Eviction Laws To Mobile Home Owners,
2017
Louisiana State University Law Center
Out Of House And Home: The Disparate Application Of Louisiana’S Eviction Laws To Mobile Home Owners, Jared A. Clark
Louisiana Law Review
The article focuses on the mobile home eviction laws in Louisiana and discusses disparate application of Louisiana's eviction laws to mobile home owners, background on mobile homes and the demographics of the people who own these homes; and problems caused by these laws to mobile home owners.
Living Tiny Legally,
2017
James Madison University
Living Tiny Legally, James G. Rollin
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
Over the last 40 years, the average new United States house has increased in size by more than 1,000 square feet, from an average size of 1,660 square feet in 1973 (earliest year available from the Census Bureau) to 2,687 square feet last year (Perry, 2016). In that same time period, there was a 91% increase in home square footage per inhabitant and a decrease in average household size. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the average home in the United States costs approximately $358,000 to build, an increase of roughly $200,000 since 1998. Meanwhile, the average annual income in …
Limiting The Collective Right To Exclude,
2017
University of Missouri School of Law
Limiting The Collective Right To Exclude, Andrea Boyack
Faculty Publications
For decades, society’s disparate interests and priorities have stymied attempts to resolve issues of housing affordability and equity. Zoning law and servitude law, both of which have been robustly empowered by decades of jurisprudence, effectively grant communities the legal right and ability to exclude various sorts of residences from their wealthiest neighborhoods. Exclusion by housing type results in exclusion of categories of people, namely, renters, the relatively poor, and racial minorities. Although our society’s housing woes may indeed be intractable if we continue to treat a group’s right to exclude with the level of deference that such exclusionary efforts currently …
