The Privatopia Papers

U.S. warns against eminent-domain mortgage seizures - latimes.com "The nation's top housing finance regulator threatened to choke ...

Running your association like a successful business - Lexology "What does it mean to run an association like a successful business?   ...

Zimmerman Free But Gated Communities Guilty | Planetizen: The Urban Planning, Design, and Development Network Urban planner Ed Blakely, co-...

WWII vet says HOA won't let him fly US flag - Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic, and Sports | FOX 5 : They said that four HOA board members...

Is America seeing 'The End of The Suburbs'? - TODAY.com : The reasons are varied, but several disparate factors all point to a decre...

Pennsylvanians ask feds to help disarm intimidating small-town militia — RT USA You may have read about Mark Kessler, the police chief of G...

U.S. accuses Bank of America of mortgage-backed securities fraud | Reuters The two suits accuse Bank of America of making misleading statem...

Gunman kills three at Ross Township meeting | PoconoRecord. "Three people died Monday night when a gunman opened fire on a Ross Tow...

Banks Find S.& P. More Favorable in Bond Ratings - NYTimes.com Actually, it's a bit more dramatic than that. The rating agencies g...

Palm Desert HOA to use settlement for a new drainage system | The Desert Sun | mydesert.com "The $2.7 million awarded to a Palm Desert...

Libertarian populism: The economic prescription for the right | WashingtonExaminer.com Libertarianism is one of the cornerstones of common ...

Bombshell: Plutocrats Brazenly Collude to Hurt State Economies and Screw Working People | Alternet The Civic Committee of the Commercial C...

FBI calls 2001 HOA scheme precursor to the big one "It had the makings of a lucrative construction defect scheme. A California law fi...

Plan For Belle Isle Utopia Revived After Bankruptcy Filing « CBS Detroit "DETROIT (WWJ) - Should Belle Isle be sold for $1 billion to ...

Couple in nasty battle with South Natomas homeowners association - Real Estate - The Sacramento Bee "The Campbells say the dispute beg...

A City Invokes Seizure Laws to Save Homes - NYTimes.com Given that the federal government won't do anything meaningful to help underwat...

Neighbors vs. Pine Village North HOA: New allegations arise in legal battle | abc13.com : HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Residents in Pine Village North ...

The problem with planned communities | Milford PA | Local News : Pennsylvania's Uniform Planned Community Act of 1997 regulates homeowne...

Homeowner’s association digs in over Brandermill garden war | WTVR.com : CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WTVR)– A garden could soon cost a Chesterfield f...

Adam Silberman, Banker: jumps out of seventh-floor window following fight with building co-op over his poodles | Mail Online "Accordin...