The Privatopia Papers

Evan McKenzie on the rise of private urban governance and the law of homeowner and condominium associations. Contact me at ecmlaw@gmail.com


Saturday, August 06, 2011

Lawn Cross Becomes First Amendment Flash Point

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Lawn Cross Becomes First Amendment Flash Point Livingston Township officials say Racaniello's display, which he intended as a celebratio...
Friday, August 05, 2011

Home ownership hits lowest level since 1965

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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- As the foreclosure crisis continues to wreak havoc on the housing market, a source of national pride has taken a sou...
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Thursday, August 04, 2011

'Insidious And Persistent' Residential Segregation Called Out In Study

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'Insidious And Persistent' Residential Segregation Called Out In Study The study examined trends across more than 300 American commu...
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Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Florida AG Seeks Independent Probe Of Firing Of Foreclosure Investigators | TPMMuckraker

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Florida AG Seeks Independent Probe Of Firing Of Foreclosure Investigators | TPMMuckraker

Ordinance Holds Banks Responsible For Maintaining Vacant Buildings « CBS Chicago

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Ordinance Holds Banks Responsible For Maintaining Vacant Buildings « CBS Chicago The City Council on Thursday passed an ordinance that holds...
Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Side Deal With Bank Of America Would Cede Liability In Exchange For Homeowner Relief

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Side Deal With Bank Of America Would Cede Liability In Exchange For Homeowner Relief Federal and state prosecutors are in advanced negotiati...
Monday, August 01, 2011

Anaheim Condo Complex at Center of Free-Speech Debate

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Incumbent Brookhurst Village homeowners-association-board director Mohammed Alam campaigned for re-election at a September 2009 meeting. For...
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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Homeowners Association Rules 'Jesus' Sign Violates Rules

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Phillips has posted a Jesus sign in her yard and there was no reaction from anyone until she received a letter from the Sutton Lakes Homeow...

Why any debt-ceiling deal will squeeze the states

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Among the biggest items on the chopping block in Congress are education and Medicaid spending — federal dollars that make up the largest...

Condo Association Arrears Arrest | Condominium | Habitat Magazine

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Condo Association Arrears Arrest | Condominium | Habitat Magazine Shu Bartholomew sent this link. This seems to be one of the nastiest condo...

N.J. Supreme Court rules in favor of Hoboken condo association in injury case tied to sidewalk ice removal | NJ.com

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N.J. Supreme Court rules in favor of Hoboken condo association in injury case tied to sidewalk ice removal | NJ.com The Stewart ruling was b...
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Saturday, July 30, 2011

Garten Polizei: City tries to out HOA HOAs

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Ms. Bass lives in the Detroit suburb of Oak Park, but her street of red brick ranch houses might be any mature neighborhood in America. Cl...
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Friday, July 29, 2011

Illinois License Plates May Get Corporate Ads - Libertyville, IL Patch

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Illinois License Plates May Get Corporate Ads Sure, but that's thinking small. I think they should just sell naming rights to the counti...
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BofA Bulldozing Foreclosed Homes - The Consumerist

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BofA Bulldozing Foreclosed Homes - The Consumerist The bank is working with local housing partnerships to donate some of the houses and pay ...

Angry Homeowners Dump Trash From Abandoned Home - Flash Player Installation

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Angry Homeowners Dump Trash From Abandoned Home - Flash Player Installation The wrong bank for that particular load of trash, maybe, but one...

Wells Fargo Forecloses On, Auctions Off House With Dead Owner Inside - The Consumerist

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Wells Fargo Forecloses On, Auctions Off House With Dead Owner Inside - The Consumerist Another story from the bizarre world of foreclosures....
Thursday, July 28, 2011

Foreclosure crisis persists with little relief in sight

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The pace of foreclosures ebbed following the eruption of the "robo-signing" scandal, in which loan servicers approved foreclosure...
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HOA troubles pitting neighbor vs. neighbor | CharlotteObserver.com & The Charlotte Observer Newspaper

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HOA troubles pitting neighbor vs. neighbor | CharlotteObserver.com & The Charlotte Observer Newspaper Of the nation's 300,000 homeow...
Sunday, July 24, 2011

Ranlo family frustrated after HOA foreclosed on their home for unpaid dues

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Michelle Roberts says her family fell victim to an HOA board that refused to recognize the financial hardship they were experiencing. The ...
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California households are doing without

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The poll found that 37% of Californians were cutting back on household expenses such as groceries and gasoline, while 52% were forgoing lu...
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Evan McKenzie
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I am a professor of political science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and an adjunct professor at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. Nothing contained in this blog represents the opinions of UIC or John Marshall, and nothing you see here is legal advice. You can reach me at ecmlaw@gmail.com
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