Trump administration expands fast-track deportations; legal challenges planned
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Pennsylvania now has two neighbors that have passed fast-track foreclosure bills and the Keystone State is considering adding its own as a method to avoid a backlog of blighted properties. Pennsylvania's fast-track foreclosure process, which Barley Snyder attorneys continue to track, would allow lenders and servicers to obtain certification that a property is vacant and […]
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has signed a bill that will put vacant home foreclosures on a faster track starting Oct. 1. “I think it is great news. Foreclosure News
Years after the worst of the housing crisis, states still dealing with high foreclosure activity are weighing laws to speed the process on vacant or abandoned properties. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is expected to sign a bill soon that would fast-track the foreclosure process for abandoned or vacant properties. Foreclosure News
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An Ohio law that took effect Wednesday could cut the length of the foreclosure process for vacant homes from years to mere months. That seems like a good thing for a state grappling with thousands of abandoned houses, which drag down the values of surrounding properties and act as magnets for crime. Foreclosure News
“Ohio has now put itself ahead of the national curve in fighting community blight,” Robert Klein, founder and chairman of Community Blight Solutions, told HousingWire. Klein says his Cleveland-based organization has worked for three years to get a fast-track process in place for foreclosures. Foreclosure News
Justice Department regulations that would allow states to certify capital cases for fast-track habeas appeals can’t be challenged by two organizations that represent death-row inmates,… ABA Journal Daily News