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: The Landlord Law BlogHousing more important now
By Tessa

An interesting snippet from the afternoon press briefing from No 10 for 28 June:
"On the role of the Minister for Housing, whilst the breadth of her responsibilities would stay the same, clearly the fact that she was in Cabinet sent a very clear message about the much greater importance of the Housing Minister and the role of Housing more generally in the Government's agenda."
It will be interesting to see how that works out. It will also be interesting to see if the new government takes up the Rented Homes Bill so carefully drafted by the Law Commission and published in May 2006.
Full post as published by The Landlord Law Blog on June 28, 2007 (boomark / email).
Fair Housing Act
Prevent discrimination by landlords
KB Home and Countrywide Financial Corp.
allegedly conspired with appraisers to boost housing prices as the market crashed.
Apartment Appointment
Pine Properties Inc. pays $158,000 housing discrimination settlement.
Disability Access
Developers pay $175,000 settlement for failing to comply with the Fair Housing Act.
Housing Inmates
City of Renton pays Yakima County $1.7 million settlement.
Housing Buyer Discrimination
White homeowner settles $30,000 buyer-discrimination lawsuit.

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