Fordham Urban Law Journal articles from March 2007

Fordham Urban Law Journal archives from March 2007

Affordable housing, land tenure, and urban policy: the matrix revealed.
March 1, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION Housing provides a necessary foundation for physical and social life. It provides shelter, security, recreation, and wealth. It plays a central role in the health and well-being of its occupants and also supports their...

Winding toward the heart of the takings muddle: Kelo, Lingle, and public discourse about private property.
March 1, 2007... People care about property. In 2005, the United States Supreme Court decided two cases with deep connections to that concern, both brought by property owners challenging the government's power under the Takings Clause (1) to take title to, or...

Urban revitalization in the post-Kelo era.
March 1, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION Freeport, Texas is a small city situated near the confluence of the Brazos River and the Gulf of Mexico. (1) Home to a large and thriving port, (2) the city itself has been in a period of decline for several decades. (3) In...

The houses that eminent domain and housing tax credits built: imagining a better New Orleans.
March 1, 2007... Throughout its history, New Orleans has been largely immune to brilliant and innovative ideas. Indeed, this is one of its principal charms. If you are not a native New Orleanian, ask yourself why you decided to live here and chances are it has...

Brownfields at 20: a critical reevaluation.
March 1, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION The revitalization of brownfields, (1) once a theory, is now an industry. This industry, however, is not yet mature. It has been only twenty years since Congress attempted to give prospective purchasers of real estate a...

City governments and predatory lending.
March 1, 2007... Predatory lending has generated increasing attention in recent years. The practice involves loans to homeowners who frequently cannot pay the associated costs and therefore lose their homes. Predatory lending is heavily concentrated in low--and...

How can ADR alleviate long-standing social problems?
March 1, 2007... KEYNOTE ADDRESS Thank you very much. The Dean said that academic criticism was leveled primarily at the statute. (1) I can assure you that the families did not make that distinction. The families did not want to know, "Well, I'm...

The use of ADR involving local governments: the perspective of the New York City Corporation Counsel.
March 1, 2007... PRELIMINARY REMARKS Before I begin I want to say just a few words about the man for whom this Dispute Resolution Center is named, John Feerick. I have known John for many years in a variety of contexts, as a friend, as a chair of numerous...

Achieving better outcomes for litigants in the New York state courts.
March 1, 2007... REMARKS Good afternoon. I want to thank Dean Treanor and John Feerick for this wonderful opportunity to be a part of the John Feerick Center's first symposium. We are very fortunate in New York to have a law school so clearly committed to...