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Land Use Prof Blog
A new chapter of the American Dream in Orange County, California …
For people like me who grew up in 1960s & 70s, Orange County, Cal., and its city of Anaheim seemed like the quintessential white-bread America: Disneyland, outdoor sports, and…
PropertyProf Blog
Davidson to HUD
By propertyprof
Nestor Davidson (Colorado), an occasional guest here and an all-around awesome guy, has accepted a senior legal position at the U.S. Dep't of Housing and Urban Development. Here's Colorado's press…
Land Use Prof Blog
Density debates in Oakland, the Brooklyn of the West …
Few places in the nation crystallize modern America as well as Oakland, California. One of the most diverse cities in the country – diverse both in range of wealth…
Land Use Prof Blog
Helping the homeless with housing first ..
Which should come first in responding to homeless persons with alcohol or drug addictions: cleaning them up or getting them into permanent housing? Much of traditional thinking has been…
Land Use Prof Blog
A history of the making of the ghetto …
What causes racial segregation and “ghettos”? Behavioral economists point out that if most people prefer not to be a racial minority in their neighborhood, rather extreme segregation may occur…
Land Use Prof Blog
Supply and demand, and revisiting the land use law causes of the housing bubble …
What role does land use regulation have in determining housing prices? In 2005, I published a piece in the Urban Lawyer (“The Three Levels of Ownership,” 37 Urb. Law.…
Real Estate Advisor Law Blog
Cuyahoga County’s New Land Bank – A Step Toward a “Sustainable Cleveland”
By John Weber
As I mentioned in an earlier post, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland recently signed legislation creating a new “land bank” in Cuyahoga County. Like a dose of cold medicine, Senate Bill 353…
Land Use Prof Blog
If you could live where you wanted …
This week I’ll write about the growing number of assertions that the collapse of the housing boom and the American economy spells the end of sprawl and the…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Treasury’s Kashkari Testifies Before House Oversight Committee
Interim Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability Neel Kashkari testified today before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy to provide an update on the Treasury…
Land Use Prof Blog
Should governments worry about a return of redlining? …
Should law refocus its attention on the practice of “redlining” –- the practice of avoiding mortgage lending and other services because of race or location? Some conservative…