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Keeping Homeless Kids Homeless: How The Homeless Children And Youth Act Addresses Children Who Are Excluded From Receiving Housing, 47 J. Marshall L. Rev. 769 (2013), Sarah Katherine Hess 2013 UIC School of Law

Keeping Homeless Kids Homeless: How The Homeless Children And Youth Act Addresses Children Who Are Excluded From Receiving Housing, 47 J. Marshall L. Rev. 769 (2013), Sarah Katherine Hess

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


Toward A New Age Of Consumer Access Rights: Creating Space In The Public Accommodation For The Lgbt Community, Justin Muehlmeyer 2013 University of New Mexico School of Law

Toward A New Age Of Consumer Access Rights: Creating Space In The Public Accommodation For The Lgbt Community, Justin Muehlmeyer

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

The article advocates for an expanded interpretation of public accommodation laws to include LGBT individuals, arguing that current legal frameworks often fail to address their unique experiences of discrimination. It emphasizes the need to modernize the definition of public accommodations to encompass contemporary spaces where cultural interactions occur, such as schools and photography services, while proposing limited exemptions to accommodate religious beliefs. The analysis underscores the ongoing tension between anti-discrimination laws and First Amendment rights, highlighting the human impact of these legal battles through compelling cases and statistics.


Grandma In The White House: Legal Support For Intergenerational Caregiving, Jessica Dixon Weaver 2013 Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law

Grandma In The White House: Legal Support For Intergenerational Caregiving, Jessica Dixon Weaver

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Marian Robinson’s status as the live-in First Grandmother is an example of a growing trend in the United States - the multigenerational family. The 2010 United States Census Data reflects that the number of households with multiple generations living under one roof has increased by 25% this decade. Mrs. Robinson also reflects another new development in American families: grandparents helping their adult children with caregiving. More than 70% of grandparents are taking care of their grandkids on a regular basis, and 13% are primary caretakers. Many grandparents treat their role as caregiver like a profession, and they sacrifice jobs, residences, …


Lien-Stripping In The Absence Of A Discharge: Bankruptcy's Answer To The Destruction Caused By Excessive Home Equity Extraction, 46 J. Marshall L. Rev. 915 (2013), Gregory Guest 2013 UIC School of Law

Lien-Stripping In The Absence Of A Discharge: Bankruptcy's Answer To The Destruction Caused By Excessive Home Equity Extraction, 46 J. Marshall L. Rev. 915 (2013), Gregory Guest

UIC Law Review

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Dysfunctional Contracts And The Laws And Practices That Enable Them: An Empirical Analysis, 46 Ind. L. Rev. 797 (2013), Debra Pogrund Stark, Jessica M. Choplin, Eileen Linnabery 2013 John Marshall Law School

Dysfunctional Contracts And The Laws And Practices That Enable Them: An Empirical Analysis, 46 Ind. L. Rev. 797 (2013), Debra Pogrund Stark, Jessica M. Choplin, Eileen Linnabery

UIC Law Open Access Faculty Scholarship

While many courts refuse to strike down these clauses under the unconscionability test, this Article argues that the results from the Remedies Experiment should lead courts to adopt a different set of tests for ruling on the enforceability of limitation-of-remedy clauses in home purchase contracts. Part I of this Article highlights the relevant results from two empirical studies Professor Stark conducted regarding major problems with the fairness of purchase agreement forms used by residential real estate developers in Illinois. Part I also discusses the lack of home purchaser understanding of key relevant laws and legal documents examined in an empirical …


Eminent Domain For The Seizure Of Underwater Mortgages, Sarah Thompson 2013 University of Michigan Law School

Eminent Domain For The Seizure Of Underwater Mortgages, Sarah Thompson

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform Caveat

Like many cities in the United States, Richmond, California suffered greatly from the recent mortgage crisis. The foreclosure crisis hit Richmond hard in 2009, when more than 2,000 homes in Richmond went into foreclosure. This figure is especially shocking given that there were 18,659 owner-occupied housing units in the city at that time. In 2012, the city saw an additional 914 foreclosures and a foreclosure rate of thirty out of 1,000 homes (well above the national average of thirteen of every 1,000 homes). Today, it is reported that nearly forty-six percent of homes in Richmond are “underwater,” meaning that what …


The Rebirth Of The Neighborhood, J. Peter Byrne 2013 Georgetown University Law Center

The Rebirth Of The Neighborhood, J. Peter Byrne

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

This essay argues that new urban residents primarily seek a type of community properly called a neighborhood. “Neighborhood” refers to a legible, pedestrian-scale area that has an identity apart from the corporate and bureaucratic structures that dominate the larger society. Such a neighborhood fosters repeated, casual contacts with neighbors and merchants, such as while one pursues Saturday errands or takes children to activities. Dealing with independent local merchants and artisans face-to-face provides a sense of liberation from large power structures, where most such residents work. Having easy access to places of sociability like coffee shops and bars permits spontaneous “meet-ups,” …


Competition And Crisis In Mortgage Securitization, Michael Simkovic 2013 Seton Hall University School of Law

Competition And Crisis In Mortgage Securitization, Michael Simkovic

Indiana Law Journal

U.S. policy makers often treat market competition as a panacea. However, in the case of mortgage securitization, policy makers’ faith in competition is misplaced. Competitive mortgage securitization has been tried three times in U.S. history— during the 1880s, the 1920s, and the 2000s—and every time it has collapsed. Most recently, competition between mortgage securitizers led to a race to the bottom on mortgage underwriting standards that ended in the late 2000s financial crisis. This Article provides original evidence that when competition was less intense and securitizers had more buyer power, securitizers acted to monitor mortgage originators and to maintain prudent …


Let's Talk: How Mediation Programs Provide Access To Justice For Homeowners Going Through Foreclosure, Melina Rozzisi 2013 Loyola University Chicago, School of Law

Let's Talk: How Mediation Programs Provide Access To Justice For Homeowners Going Through Foreclosure, Melina Rozzisi

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


What's Next For Lathrop Homes? , Emily Coffey 2013 Loyola University Chicago, School of Law

What's Next For Lathrop Homes? , Emily Coffey

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


A Homeless Bill Of Rights: Step By Step From State To State, Jonathan Sheffield 2013 Loyola University Chicago, School of Law

A Homeless Bill Of Rights: Step By Step From State To State, Jonathan Sheffield

Public Interest Law Reporter

No abstract provided.


Sharing The Wealth, James J. Kelly Jr. 2013 Notre Dame Law School

Sharing The Wealth, James J. Kelly Jr.

Journal Articles

This review of the textbook, "Community Economic Development Law" (Aspen 2013), written by Susan Bennett, Brenda Bratton Blom, Louise Howells and Deborah Kenn, appeared in the Vol. 22, No.1 issue of the Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Economic Development Law.


Kàn Bú Tài Dong: The Fair Housing Act, Language Discrimination, And Chinese Classifieds, R. Ian Forrest 2013 University of Kentucky

Kàn Bú Tài Dong: The Fair Housing Act, Language Discrimination, And Chinese Classifieds, R. Ian Forrest

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Ambition And Transformative Potential Of Progressive Property, Ezra Rosser 2013 American University Washington College of Law

The Ambition And Transformative Potential Of Progressive Property, Ezra Rosser

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

The emerging progressive property school celebrates and finds its meaning in the social nature of property. Rejecting the idea that exclusion lies at the core of property law, progressive property scholars call for a reconsideration of the relationships owners and nonowners have with property and with each other. Despite these ambitions, progressive property scholarship has so far largely confined itself to questions of exclusion and access. This Essay argues that such an emphasis glosses over race-related acquisition and distribution problems that pervade American history and property law. The modest structural changes supported by progressive property scholars fail to account for …


Marini V. Ireland: Protecting Low Income Renters By Judicial Shock Therapy, Richard H. Chused 2013 New York Law School

Marini V. Ireland: Protecting Low Income Renters By Judicial Shock Therapy, Richard H. Chused

Articles & Chapters

No abstract provided.


Land Use By, For, And Of The People: Problems With The Application Of Initiatives And Referenda To The Zoning Process, Nicolas M. Kublicki 2012 Pepperdine University

Land Use By, For, And Of The People: Problems With The Application Of Initiatives And Referenda To The Zoning Process, Nicolas M. Kublicki

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


The New Progressive Property And The Low-Income Housing Conflict, Zachary Bray 2012 Brigham Young University Law School

The New Progressive Property And The Low-Income Housing Conflict, Zachary Bray

BYU Law Review

The foundation of property law has been much debated in recent years, as several scholars have sought to provide a theoretical alternative to what they call the dominant, “law-and-economics” approach to property. In place of the law-and-economics approach, these scholars advance a new theoretical approach, which I call “the new progressive property.” At its core, this new approach favors rules thought to promote the collective well-being of the larger community while ensuring that relatively disadvantaged members of society have access to certain basic resources. This Article explores the boundaries and practical implications of the new progressive property. To do so, …


Condos, Cats, And Cc&Rs: Invasion Of The Castle Common, Armand Arabian 2012 Pepperdine University

Condos, Cats, And Cc&Rs: Invasion Of The Castle Common, Armand Arabian

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Protected Petitioning Or Unlawful Retaliation? The Limits Of First Amendment Immunity For Lawsuits Under The Fair Housing Act, David K. Godschalk 2012 Pepperdine University

Protected Petitioning Or Unlawful Retaliation? The Limits Of First Amendment Immunity For Lawsuits Under The Fair Housing Act, David K. Godschalk

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


America’S Favorite Illiquid Investment: An Examination Of The Changing Social Perception Of Homeownership , Jeremiah J. Lee 2012 Pepperdine University

America’S Favorite Illiquid Investment: An Examination Of The Changing Social Perception Of Homeownership , Jeremiah J. Lee

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

Purchasing a home is traditionally touted as one of the best investments an individual can make, but this advice may be simply too generic to be useful or applied too broadly to be good counsel. Social pressures encouraging homeownership in America have been fostered by decades of government programs. Modern uses of the family home as a financial investment, such as flipping homes or using a home equity line of credit to subsidize a higher standard of living, illustrate a perceptual shift in which many modern homeowners have come to consider the family home principally a tool for financial gain …


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