Legal Responses to Vacant Houses
Legal Responses to Vacant Houses

Author: Narufumi Kadomatsu

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-08-15

Total Pages: 89

ISBN-13: 9811566410

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This book presents an international comparison of legal responses to the issue of vacant housing in Japan, the USA, France and Germany. While vacant housing is a shared problem in these four countries, the origin and context of the problem, as well as the focus of legal responses, differ considerably. Presenting the outcomes of an international symposium, this book explores different legal approaches (private/public law, federal/national/municipal governments, demolition/expropriation/requisition/planning) taken in the respective jurisdictions. It is highly recommended to readers whose work involves practical issues concerning vacant housing and who are interested in theoretical aspects of property law, building law and administrative law. The book also includes a chapter exploring the implications of the “tragedy of the commons/anticommons” for contemporary land use issues in Japan such as landscape protection, area management and unclaimed land.

Vacant and Problem Properties
Vacant and Problem Properties

Author: Jessica A. Bacher

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 9781641054096

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"[This book provides an] introduction to the legal and policy issues associated with vacant and problem properties, how to take action to revitalize them, and how to frame effective and defensible local ordinances and regulations. It also addresses the benefits and challenges of creating land banks, the regulatory issues involved with dealing with brownfield properties, the importance of developing sound demolition strategies, and the value of greening or nondevelopment reuse strategies."--

The Empty House Next Door
The Empty House Next Door

Author: Alan Mallach

Publisher:

Published: 2018-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781558443754

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Renowned city planner and housing advocate Alan Mallach presents effective strategies for community leaders, local officials, and nonprofits contending with vacant properties in the United States. Examples illustrate creative ways to reduce the harm caused by vacant properties, jump-start housing markets in struggling neighborhoods, create the potential for future revival, and transform vacant properties into community assets.

Land Law and Disputes in Asia
Land Law and Disputes in Asia

Author: Yuka Kaneko

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-09-16

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1000435733

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Through an in-depth legal analysis by leading scholars, this book searches for the exact legal causes of land-related disputes in Asia within the histories, legal systems and social realities of the respective countries. It consists of four main parts: examining the relationship between law and development; land-taking in developmental stages; common ownership; and proposals for new approaches to land law and dispute resolution. With a combination of orthodox legal interpretations and the empirical approach of legal sociology, the contributors undertake an extensive comparative legal analysis across common and civil law traditions. Most importantly, they propose pathways forward for legal transformations in the pursuit of sustainable development in Asia. This book is vital contribution to the study of comparative law, and especially property law, in East and Southeast Asia.

Squatting and the State
Squatting and the State

Author: Lorna Fox O'Mahony

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-08-25

Total Pages: 497

ISBN-13: 1108487742

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This book offers a fresh theoretical approach and methodology for tackling the most pressing property problems of our time.

Housing Codes for Repair and Maintenance
Housing Codes for Repair and Maintenance

Author: C. Tyler Mulligan

Publisher: Unc School of Government

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13:

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When a dwelling is permitted to deteriorate--either in its outward appearance or structurally--it can result in serious negative consequences for the surrounding community. This is particularly true in the case of vacant dwellings in various stages of foreclosure. When neighbors are unwilling or unable to convince an owner to make needed repairs, local government officials are sometimes asked to get involved. To that end, this publication explains local government authority in North Carolina to establish and enforce repair-oriented housing codes that require owners to keep dwellings in a state of good repair - before the dwellings become dilapidated. Detailed treatment of the general police power and minimum housing statutes is provided. Order a package of the book in hard copy and PDF formats for $50.00. A free PDF download of a Community and Economic Development Bulletin on residential inspection and registration programs is available (https: //www.sog.unc.edu/publications/books/housing-codes-repair-and-maintenance-using-general-police-power-and-minimum-housing-statutes-prevent). Additional free PDF downloads and resources are available (https: //www.sog.unc.edu/publications/books/housing-codes-repair-and-maintenance-using-general-police-power-and-minimum-housing-statutes-prevent-0 /details).

How Useful Is Okun's Law?
How Useful Is Okun's Law?

Author: Edward S. Knotek

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2008-05

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 1428988912

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From the beginning of 2003 through the first quarter of 2006, real gross domestic product in the U.S. grew at an average annual rate of 3.4% As expected, unemployment during the period fell. Over the course of the next year, average growth slowed to less than half its earlier rate -- but unemployment continued to drift downward. This situation presented a puzzle, who expected the unemployment rate to increase as the economy slowed. This negative correlation between GDP growth & unemployment has been named ¿Okun¿s law.¿ This article considers the usefulness of Okun¿s law for policymakers & economists. Okun¿s relationship can be useful as a forecasting tool -- provided that one takes its instability into account. Charts & tables.