COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LAW CORNER By Danny Schaffzin & Steve Barlow Very often after a foreclosure auction, a property is so delinquent on taxes that it…
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Combating Predatory Investors
More Regulation & Advocacy For Low-Income Home Renters May Help in the Battle Against Out-of-Town Investors Like Cerberus On Christmas Day 2018, Washington Post reporters Todd…
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Legal Tools for Assuring the Quality of Residential Rental Properties
Affordable, quality housing is a basic human need. But access to such housing eludes many families in Memphis and other American communities. Even where affordable housing…
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The International Property Maintenance Code for Memphis
This monthly column is dedicated to explaining in layman’s terms the complex legal issues that are involved in neighborhood revitalization in Memphis. Of all the legal…
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Delinquent Taxes Contribute To Blight
HOW DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION WORKS & HOW WE ENFORCE IT The complex, lengthy and uncertain process of delinquent property tax collection and foreclosure in…
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Amended NPA Is A Game-Changer In Reclaiming Vacant Structures
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LAW CORNER By Steve Barlow & Danny Schaffzin In 2018, the Tennessee Legislature passed amendments to the Tennessee Neighborhood Preservation Act (NPA), found…
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Law Student Attorneys Aid City in Addressing Problem Properties
In our first Community Development Law Corner piece, we highlighted the complex web of legal ills that so often causes a property to devolve into…
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