Housing and Community Development: Cases and Materials

The fourth edition of Housing and Community Development presents a fresh and comprehensive look at housing law and policy with full coverage of the foreclosure crisis and its aftermath, exploring housing policies and neighborhood revitalization policies to address the new urban reality. It also discusses the issue of sustainability and the relationship between community development, housing, and climate change. The book contains materials covering housing policy and litigation; tenants' rights in the private and public spheres; urban redevelopment, including a comprehensive look at Kelo v. New London, including its setting and aftermath; and a completely revised section of the book on neighborhood revitalization and investment. The materials on fair housing and discrimination reflect many recent debates, including school desegregation, affirmative action, subprime and other variations of predatory lending, and other issues touching on race, class, disability, and familial bias.

The materials are being published at the perfect time to debate the exciting current urban, suburban, and rural issues of housing, transportation, and community development.

James Kushner is an Emeritus Professor of Law at Southwestern Law School.

The late Charles Daye was the Henry Brandis Professor of Law Emeritus and Deputy Director of the Center for Civil Rights at the University of North Carolina School of Law.

Peter Salsich is the McDonnell Professor of Justice in American Society Emeritus at Saint Louis University School of Law.

Henry McGee is an Emeritus Professor of Law at Seattle University School of Law.

Dennis Keating is a Levin College Distinguished Professor in the College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University. He is also Director of the Master of Urban Planning, Design and Development Program, and holds a joint faculty appointment in the Cleveland State University College of Law.