Afternoon Briefs: Lawyer says he was stopped for jogging while Black; public defender held in contempt
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He’s 31, he’s a lawyer, and he’s still getting stopped by the police
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Police who stopped fleeing black man after gun tip didn’t have reason to stop him, 9th Circuit says
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Flippers are using an end-around to kick tenants out of affordable housing. They need to be stopped
A decade after the housing collapse crippled the global economy, there are still thousands of Californians who can't make their mortgage payments and lose their homes. Shrewd investors can buy these properties at auction for far below market value, make a few improvements and then resell to make a fortune. Foreclosure News
After Storm, Foreclosures in Puerto Rico Stopped. They’re Starting Again.
The foreclosure machine that ground to a halt in Puerto Rico after the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria in September is slowly cranking up again. Island residents who fell behind on their payments are facing creditors ranging from Wall Street to the federal government. Foreclosure News
After Hurricane Maria, foreclosures in Puerto Rico stopped, but they’re starting again
The foreclosure machine that ground to a halt in Puerto Rico after the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria in September is slowly cranking up again. Island residents who fell behind on their payments are facing creditors ranging from Wall Street to the federal government. Foreclosure News
The Moneyist: My ex-wife stopped payments on our home and racked up credit-card debt in my name
Before I got married in 2001 I had a credit score of 780. My wife at the time turned out to be extremely deceitful and we ended up divorced after 3 years. Foreclosure News
Big investment firms have stopped gobbling up California homes
Astronomical prices are forcing a rising share of California families to postpone buying a house. As a result, the state's record-low homeownership rate has been a boon to one growing segment of California's housing market: single-family home rentals. Foreclosure News
Herea s why the FHA has stopped lending on homes with energy-efficient PACE liens
We bought our home in 2015 with a Federal Housing Administration loan, and then added a new solar-panel system and made some other energy-saving improvements with a PACE loan earlier this year. Now, we've heard that the FHA will no longer insure mortgages that have a PACE assessment. Foreclosure News
Lawyer admits smuggling heroin into jail, but says he stopped practicing and sought treatment
A suburban St. Louis lawyer pleaded guilty Friday in a federal heroin-dealing case, after admitting Tuesday in a state supreme court document that he had… ABA Journal Daily News