National Housing Justice and Field Assistance Program. Quarterly Information Bulletin, Issue Four, Fall 1979

摘要

Activities related to consumer protection in housing are reported in this information bulletin. Stipends awarded to cities for the installation of new housing courts are reported. The opening remarks at the conference of the National Federation of Housing Counselors are provided. The presentation describes how the American Bar Association and its Special Committee on Housing and Urban Development Law moved into the housing field. In the information section on innovations, reports are provided on low - fee agent representation of landlords in default cases in Baltimore, Md.; the establishment of inspection squads under the New York City Housing Court to expedite inspection requests associated with tenant charges of poor housing conditions; the use of student attorneys in the Landlord - Tenant Division of the Detroit Common Pleas court; and improved housing code enforcement in Hartford, Conn., under housing court actions. Significant housing court activities in Cleveland, Ohio, and in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania are reported, followed by a HUD representative's presentation calling for expanded enforcement in fair housing.