For decades, the Department of Justice has used court-enforced agreements to protect civil rights, successfully desegregating school systems, reforming police departments, ensuring access for the disabled and defending the religious. Now, under Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the DOJ appears to be turning away from this storied tool, called consent decrees. Top officials in the DOJ […]
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Julian Castro, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, said Tuesday his department will expedite federal disaster assistance for North Carolina, Florida and Georgia to help homeowners and low-income renters who fled their homes due to Hurricane Matthew. President Barack Obama already issued disaster declarations for 24 counties in the three states: […]
The Senate campaigns of Joe Heck and Catherine Cortez Masto are highlighting in separate ads the work each candidate did to help Nevadans during the housing crisis. Foreclosure News
September 7 – In an effort to revitalize a west-end neighborhood and provide affordable family housing, the Decatur Housing Authority is helping construct eight brand-new homes in Decatur. The homes are located in the 800 block of W. Macon Street near the Oakwood area. Foreclosure News
It was gloomy and gray for most of the day as the seventh annual Avvo Lawyernomics conference kicked off Friday from the Wynn Las… ABA Journal Daily News
Human rights advocate Aryeh Neier is not feeling very optimistic these days. The reason, he said in a speech at the annual luncheon sponsored… ABA Journal Daily News