Topic
Eviction
252 published works
Legislation Law Prof Blog
Eviction Court: A Study of Injustice from the Galley
Last week, Health Justice Project clinic students participated in a court watch at Chicago’s eviction court. In some instances, the students provided support to unrepresented defendants. One student, Amanda Plowman,…
PropertyProf Blog
Lonegrass on Landlord Retaliation
Melissa Lonegrass (LSU) has posted Eliminating Landlord Retaliation from England and Wales -- Lessons from the United States (Louisiana Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:Retaliatory eviction has been the…
PropertyProf Blog
Campbell on Nonjudicial Foreclosure
John Campbell (Denver) has posted Getting Wrongful Foreclosure Right: Two Stage, Progressive Filtering in Nonjudicial Foreclosure States on SSRN. Here's the abstract:In some states, foreclosures occur with no judicial involvement.…
Human Rights at Home Blog
Positive Developments on the Civil Right to Counsel
By mdavis
As reported in Newsweek and the New York Times earlier this month, years of advocacy efforts to establish a civil right to counsel, particularly in the area of housing evictions, may finally…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Renters Protection Law Set to Expire
By Bryan Fears
During the mortgage crisis, many renters were evicted from their homes when landlords lost property to foreclosure. Often renters were given just a few days to leave, even though all…
PropertyProf Blog
San Francisco’s Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance Struck Down
The news from the Bay Area:A federal judge Tuesday struck down a San Francisco ordinance that steeply increased payments landlords were required to pay tenants evicted from properties they intended…
New Jersey Law Blog
Commercial Tenant Appeals Judgment of Possession and Obtains Transfer to Law Division Based on Square Footage Discrepancy
On October 16, 2014, the Appellate Division issued a case for publication concerning a tenant's right to transfer a non-payment eviction matter to the law division. The Appellate Division in…
The Faculty Lounge
Adding to Eviction Rates
Greetings, and thanks to Al and the rest of the team for having me back in the Faculty Lounge! I'll be picking up where I left off last fall, and…
PropertyProf Blog
Is Arkansas the Worst Place to Rent an Apartment in America?
So says Vice News: Arkansas is one of the worst places to be a renter in America. It is the only state in the US where tenants are treated as criminals…
Texas Bankruptcy Blog
Stop an Eviction with Bankruptcy
By Bryan Fears
Generally, when a bankruptcy petition is filed, collection actions are automatically stayed. The purpose of this stay is to give the debtor some breathing room and time to sort out…