July 22, 2015
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Valuing Control, Peter C. DiCola, 113 Michigan Law Review 663 (2015). A Framework for Understanding Property Regulation and Land Use Control from a Dynamic Perspective, Donald J. Kochan, 4 Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law 303 (2015). The Use … Continue reading
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July 20, 2015
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
Primary Capital Advisors LLC will face suit for selling bad loans to a Residential Capital LLC subsidiary, putting the parent company into bankruptcy, because the contract language was ambiguous. California federal court approved Diversified Lending Group’s $163 million settlement with … Continue reading
July 20, 2015 in Rental Housing | Permalink | No Comments
July 13, 2015
The Housing/Income Affordability Gap
The Urban Institute has issued a policy brief, The Housing Affordability Gap for Extremely Low-Income Renters in 2013. The brief opens, Since 2000, rents have risen while the number of renters who need low-priced housing has increased. These two pressures … Continue reading
July 13, 2015 in Rental Housing | Permalink | No Comments
July 10, 2015
The Challenge of Rising Rents
NYU’s Furman Center has issued a research brief, The Challenge of Rising Rents: Exploring Whether a New Tax Benefit Could Help Keep Unsubsidized Rental Units Affordable. The brief considers whether the creation of “a new property tax subsidy program aimed at … Continue reading
July 10, 2015 in Rental Housing | Permalink | No Comments
July 8, 2015
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Airbnb and the Housing Segment of the Modern ‘Sharing Economy’: Are Short-Term Rental Restrictions an Unconstitutional Taking?, Jamila Jefferson-Jones, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, Vol. 42, 2015. The Use of Tenant Screening Reports and Tenant Blacklisting, Gerald Lebovits & Jen M. … Continue reading
July 8, 2015 in Rental Housing | Permalink | No Comments
July 7, 2015
The State of the Nation’s Sustainable Housing
The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University released its The State of the Nation’s Housing 2015 report. I typically focus on the discussion of the mortgage market in this excellent annual report. Here are some of the mortgage … Continue reading
July 7, 2015 in Rental Housing | Permalink | No Comments
July 1, 2015
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
Separate and Unequal: The American Dream, Peter C. LaGreca, 16 Rutgers Race & L. Rev. 183 (2015). Reverse Mortgage Loans: A Quantitative Analysis, Makoto Nakajima & Irina Telyukova, FRB of Philadelphia Working Paper No. 14-27. Reverse Mortgages: What Homeowners (Don’t) … Continue reading
July 1, 2015 in Rental Housing | Permalink | No Comments