By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Our weekly update of the latest news in housing law for health and equity, for the week of March 20-27, including one piece written by our own Abraham Gutman: Philadelphia city council held a hearing to evaluate the impact of the evictions on the lives of…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Here’s the latest news in housing equity and law, from March 13-20, 2017: Inspired by Matthew Desmond’s award winning book, “Evicted,” the Reinvestment Fund published research mapping eviction rates in Philadelphia. Now, the pressure on the city to act on eviction is piling up. Deborah Ross,…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research It was a national and international first week of March in housing equity and law. Here are some of the big stories from the field March 6-12, 2017: On the campaign trail, Donald Trump promised to cut domestic spending. Now the administration is considering a $6…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Last week, January 23-29, 2017, saw a mix of national and local-level housing news. Here’s our round-up for the past week: Surprising some on the “Warren-wing” of the Democratic Party, Elizabeth Warren came out in support of Dr. Ben Carson as the 17th Secretary of Housing…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Here’s the latest in housing equity and law for the week of January 16-22, 2017: Although housing policy was absent from Trump’s campaign, and the 2016 election cycle in general, one of the first actions of the new administration was to suspend the FHA mortgage insurance…
