Housing Law and Poverty Seminar
Section 1, Fall 19
Schedule Information
Enrollment: 18/21
Credits: 3
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09/03/2019 | 12/03/2019 |
Course Description
As Matthew Desmond concludes in his book, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, evictions are not a symptom of poverty. They are a direct cause. This class will cover federal and Virginia housing law with a focus on issues affecting low income tenants and homeowners. Topics will include private Virginia landlord tenant laws, public and other federally subsidized housing, manufactured home parks, the intersection between domestic violence and housing, sub-prime mortgage lending, foreclosures and foreclosure rescue scams, rent-to-own scams, fair housing and racial segregation, fair housing and the accommodation of physical and mental disabilities, tenant screening and evictions based upon criminal records, and the eviction crisis and measures being taken to reduce evictions in Virginia.
Course Requirements
Exam Info:
Midterm Type (if any): None
Description: None
Final Type (if any): None
Description: None
Written Work Product
Written Work Product: Students will be required to submit a substantial research paper via EXPO no later than noon on the last day of the final exam period.
Other Work
Students will also be expected to take an active role in class discussions. Grades will be based upon the level and quality of class participation (25%) and the final research paper (75%).
Other Course Details
Prerequisites: Property and Constitutional Law suggested, but not required. Concurrencies:
Mutually Exclusive With: None
Laptops Allowed: Yes
First Day Attendance Required: No
Course Notes:
Graduation Requirements
*Satisfies Writing Requirement: Yes
**Credits For Prof. Skills Requirement: No
Satisfies Professional Ethics: No
*Yes means professor requires everyone in the course to submit a substantial research paper (which is the requirement standard in Academic Policies), so no paperwork required to be submitted to SRO. No means student must timely submit paperwork to SRO if intending to use a paper in this course to satisfy the Writing Requirement.
**Yes indicates course credits count towards UVA Law’s Prof. Skills graduation requirement, not necessarily a skills requirements for any particular state bar.
Schedule No.
119820243
119820243
Law No.
LAW9326
LAW9326
Modified Type
Seminar
Seminar
Cross Listed: No
Cross-Listed Course Mnemonic:
Public Syllabus Link: None
Evaluation Portal Via LawWeb Opens: Thursday, November 21, 12:01 AM
Evaluation Portal Via LawWeb Closes: Friday, December 06, 11:59 PM
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