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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 27, 2011

Online petition to Congress: Declare HOAs governments -- or outlaw them as rackets

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Make Home Owner Associations legitimate by holding them to the same standards as our state and federal government, or end them as racketee...
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Foreclosures made up 31 pct. of home sales in 2Q - Yahoo! Finance

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Foreclosures made up 31 pct. of home sales in 2Q - Yahoo! Finance The share of the market would likely have been larger this spring if not...
Friday, August 26, 2011

Borrowers claim lender knowingly made bad loans, depressing their property values

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This is a case in which nearly 250 California customers of Countrywide Financial allege that the mortgage lender knowingly failed to practic...
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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Walmart Is Dying Because Its Business Model Is Strangling Itself - The Consumerist

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Walmart Is Dying Because Its Business Model Is Strangling Itself - The Consumerist Make sure you read this in a spooky voice in your head:...
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US May Back Mortgage Refinancing for Millions - CNBC

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US May Back Mortgage Refinancing for Millions - CNBC The Obama administration is considering further actions to strengthen the housing mar...
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Homeowner Groups Sue to Force Foreclosures - Bloomberg

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Homeowner Groups Sue to Force Foreclosures - Bloomberg Members of the Vintage East Condominium Association in Miami Beach got tired of wai...
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New York Attorney General Kicked Off Government Group Leading Foreclosure Probe

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New York Attorney General Kicked Off Government Group Leading Foreclosure Probe WASHINGTON -- New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman ...
Monday, August 22, 2011

AM Alert: Beware the (privatization) beast

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A beast is on the loose at the Capitol today -- and we're not talking about Sutter Brown. A "privatization beast" ...
Sunday, August 21, 2011

City of Aurora, CO Proposes Giving Corporation Right to Vote | Move to Amend

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City of Aurora, CO Proposes Giving Corporation Right to Vote | Move to Amend And...the Libertarian Party is opposing it!
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How to Disband a Homeowner's Association

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A quick tour of your favorite search engine's menu on the topic of "disbanding homeowner's associations" sites would be m...
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Saturday, August 20, 2011

Scars Left by ‘Great Recession’ Will Be Hard to Erase

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One of these permanent marks left by the previous recession is what's happened to neighborhoods hit by a wave of home foreclosures. Pec...
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Friday, August 19, 2011

Home | What Went Wrong: The Betrayal of The American Dream

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Home | What Went Wrong: The Betrayal of The American Dream Donald Barlett and James Steele wrote a Pulitzer Prize winning series for the P...

Woman’s yard sale to pay medical bills gets shut down | News | Salem News

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Woman’s yard sale to pay medical bills gets shut down | News | Salem News A woman fighting a terminal form of bone cancer is trying to rai...
Thursday, August 18, 2011

Case against MERS reaches Supreme Court « HousingWire

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Case against MERS reaches Supreme Court « HousingWire A controversial case challenging the ability of Mortgage Electronic Registration Sys...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

D.C. enclaves reap rewards of contracting boom as federal dollars fuel wealth - The Washington Post

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D.C. enclaves reap rewards of contracting boom as federal dollars fuel wealth - The Washington Post I think I'm in the wrong line of w...

Libertarian Billionaire Wants Island Nation for Libertarian Billionaires

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Libertarian Billionaire Wants Island Nation for Libertarian Billionaires Awesome. Too bad they won't be taking the rest of the liberta...
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Hercules Municipal Utility Has Drained City Coffers

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Hercules Municipal Utility Has Drained City Coffers HMU rates are higher because the utility's growth has been balanced essentially on...
Monday, August 15, 2011

Hybrid housing holds appeal | StarTribune.com

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Hybrid housing holds appeal | StarTribune.com This type of housing -- called manor homes, villas, cottage homes or detached townhouses -- ...
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Sunday, August 14, 2011

10 housing markets that will collapse this year - Business - Real estate - msnbc.com

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10 housing markets that will collapse this year - Business - Real estate - msnbc.com As if they hadn't already collapsed? What do you...
Saturday, August 13, 2011

The Horror of Homeowners' Associations

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The Horror of Homeowners' Associations Evan McKenzie, a University of Illinois-Chicago political science professor and author of the b...
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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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