Is Harris’s $25k Down Payment Assistance Good or Bad for Homebuyers?

<div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1b1b1b; font-size: large;">Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris plans to offer $25,000 in down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers. </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1b1b1b; font-size: large;"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1b1b1b; font-size: large;">But is this good or bad for the housing market? </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1b1b1b; font-size: large;"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1b1b1b;">Read various industry forecasts (including my take, among many) in this article available at </span><a href="https://www.kiplinger.com/real-estate/buying-a-home/harris-down-payment-assistance-for-homebuyers"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Kiplinger.com</span></a><span style="color: #1b1b1b;">. </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1b1b1b;"><br></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcj30NjUMHKJ2Cjse32C5QyO5Pb1xe14-Oh2jmp6znmZPmg-zZKaMafmQyyffnkPAwb_-ELKw66UQ31Y7Jgyp7XIC7jp4hnpt8wjbafH_9XDGmVkapwrP4gGGztIXYU88h62Nip8j4nxnyuAIENvnO_Yx3gpZTLhGXsxwtltEejdkB8hUbTw8Nc5nNltA/s1080/IMG_B41011861073-1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcj30NjUMHKJ2Cjse32C5QyO5Pb1xe14-Oh2jmp6znmZPmg-zZKaMafmQyyffnkPAwb_-ELKw66UQ31Y7Jgyp7XIC7jp4hnpt8wjbafH_9XDGmVkapwrP4gGGztIXYU88h62Nip8j4nxnyuAIENvnO_Yx3gpZTLhGXsxwtltEejdkB8hUbTw8Nc5nNltA/s320/IMG_B41011861073-1.jpeg" width="320"></a><span></span></div></span></div>

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Is Harris’s $25k Down Payment Assistance Good or Bad for Homebuyers?

Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris plans to offer $25,000 in down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers.  But is this go...

Emotional Support and Service Pets: Fair and Affordable for Who?

<div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">As featured in <a href="https://www.housingwire.com/articles/emotional-support-and-service-pets-fair-and-affordable-for-who/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">HousingWire</span></a>. </span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-0d658244-7fff-5870-bd6b-3b7a2949ee28"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></span></div></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjojZLUdmln87Psme6sBQsZm5UqZokmsHdXBJyPOa12QKs1Aq3zfrcr7E634vRyU3bLUAphyphenhyphen6IDc5iXN58wCQKtsdjwEAKNfcrafiXFjhOt1cOOWEIZTh00mIdqsGskbYlWk3QjM_fb7OUHQ4pXLvMKVz1Jkokqij_RpED727WufrVAXuACRBqFn_nwRvA/s3000/meredith-hunter-iS0Aq3QPsJ4-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1691" data-original-width="3000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjojZLUdmln87Psme6sBQsZm5UqZokmsHdXBJyPOa12QKs1Aq3zfrcr7E634vRyU3bLUAphyphenhyphen6IDc5iXN58wCQKtsdjwEAKNfcrafiXFjhOt1cOOWEIZTh00mIdqsGskbYlWk3QjM_fb7OUHQ4pXLvMKVz1Jkokqij_RpED727WufrVAXuACRBqFn_nwRvA/s320/meredith-hunter-iS0Aq3QPsJ4-unsplash.jpg" width="320"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; color: #111111; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-wrap: nowrap;">Photo by </span><a href="https://unsplash.com/@mere_hunter?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; text-wrap: nowrap; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out, opacity 0.1s ease-in-out;">meredith hunter</a><span face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; color: #111111; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-wrap: nowrap;"> on </span><a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/photo-of-adult-white-english-bulldog-lying-on-black-area-rug-iS0Aq3QPsJ4?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; text-wrap: nowrap; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out, opacity 0.1s ease-in-out;">Unsplash</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table><br><br><span id="docs-internal-guid-8e1f8349-7fff-d5e9-91e9-19360444c1c2"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">What is one of the largest fines you think a housing provider -- like landlords, condo HOAs/boards, and state and local housing authority offices – has had to pay due to turning away emotional support and service animals?<span></span></span></p></span></span></div>

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Emotional Support and Service Pets: Fair and Affordable for Who?

As featured in HousingWire .  Photo by  meredith hunter  on  Unsplash .  What is one of the largest fines you think a housing provider -- li...

Guess one way we may be unintentionally advising our clients to discriminate and exacerbate the housing affordability crisis?

<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-f6e38fbb-7fff-fefb-5915-96f88a57be9d" style="font-family: inherit;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">As featured in <a href="https://www.inman.com/2024/09/27/dont-facilitate-source-of-income-discrimination-by-sellers/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Inman News</span></a>. </span></p></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUl9DhF4EL3zvLQ2CfNJzBSDtmXDZM3cmnBYXqDL5ZbDm2zz8oZEJvq5HhLczy2wTIEJrJe99XTXGs62BfsdGnytCHlo9CWV0LHOgQqxpoByyEELCb4vEqRDwuVL8N-MAS97oCD87IMjv7pf2Fx41NN3xfNzHpLLcmNesUhwxWHhyphenhyphenPsRn_u_rat9gDo7c/s2811/kostiantyn-li-1sCXwVoqKAw-unsplash%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2373" data-original-width="2811" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUl9DhF4EL3zvLQ2CfNJzBSDtmXDZM3cmnBYXqDL5ZbDm2zz8oZEJvq5HhLczy2wTIEJrJe99XTXGs62BfsdGnytCHlo9CWV0LHOgQqxpoByyEELCb4vEqRDwuVL8N-MAS97oCD87IMjv7pf2Fx41NN3xfNzHpLLcmNesUhwxWHhyphenhyphenPsRn_u_rat9gDo7c/s320/kostiantyn-li-1sCXwVoqKAw-unsplash%20(1).jpg" width="320"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: xx-small;"><span face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #111111; text-align: start; text-wrap: nowrap;">Photo by </span><a href="https://unsplash.com/@leekos?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; text-wrap: nowrap; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out, opacity 0.1s ease-in-out;">Kostiantyn Li</a><span face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #111111; text-align: start; text-wrap: nowrap;"> on </span><a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-house-made-out-of-money-on-a-white-background-1sCXwVoqKAw?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; text-wrap: nowrap; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out, opacity 0.1s ease-in-out;">Unsplash</a>. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br><p></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-17e237e9-7fff-fd50-51e0-9855c90f5ee0"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Did you know that there are numerous programs that can help with affordable housing, like FHA, VA, and USDA loans and various down payment programs (there are </span><a href="https://downpaymentresource.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/DPR_Infographic_Q2-2024_FINAL.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">over 2,400</span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> across the nation), some of which </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">include repair funds and/or financing</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">? </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Yet, a </span><a href="https://consumerfed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Outcompeted-Cornelissen-and-Harrison-CFA-prelease-version.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">recent report</span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> has documented an increasing trend of home buyers using such programs being shut out of the market. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Let’s unpack this.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br></span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span></span></span></p></span></div>

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Guess one way we may be unintentionally advising our clients to discriminate and exacerbate the housing affordability crisis?

As featured in Inman News . Photo by  Kostiantyn Li  on  Unsplash .  Did you know that there are numerous programs that can help with affor...

Will Either Kamala Harris's or Donald Trump's 2025 Housing Agenda Add Sneeze-Guard Protection to the Economy?

<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-e1a6dbe4-7fff-b180-9c30-9c9270c91a0c"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><span style="font-size: xx-small;">As featured in <a href="https://www.housingwire.com/articles/opinion-will-kamala-harriss-or-donald-trumps-2025-housing-agenda-add-sneeze-guard-protection-to-the-economy/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394;">HousingWire</span></a>. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br></span><p></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-b5476a87-7fff-126a-878e-c49496ca1403"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://youtu.be/zKjx9SOl-WA?si=PqJkadUAVOF_lyrT" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2113" data-original-width="1179" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXuZInjNwPaRLLJHMwfSvEEMixGq3kv5maKMKJtLKBr5krWgcmW-Gj3AWTyDLSSl7Gi3hR0P2Wiv-Xz75k6IszruoJrBsMrZqmKG47fdqkNlj9RkjGJxROfSX05OXQzm0qBMNzCvLbNDOPlDI8RG7zFvH3-gaNTIWcOqKsSQydB7p7CVqoCniVaCBMj0/s320/IMG_A8B919DCD704-1.jpeg" width="179"></a></span></div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">To remix an old adage, <i>when the U.S. housing market sneezes, the U.S. economy catches a cold</i>.</span><p></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">And it feels like the housing market is winding up and teetering on a sneeze. But this election season seems to be that moment just before a sneeze erupts when a proactive move (like a quick finger under the nose in the case of an actual sneeze) can stifle a full-blown, damaging spasm.<span></span></span></p></span></div>

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Will Either Kamala Harris's or Donald Trump's 2025 Housing Agenda Add Sneeze-Guard Protection to the Economy?

As featured in HousingWire .  To remix an old adage, when the U.S. housing market sneezes, the U.S. economy catches a cold . And it feels li...

Do Our Representatives Really Want Affordable Housing If This Form of Legal Discrimination Continues Unchecked?

<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-8ca9bf74-7fff-64ed-8a98-2e34e8750056"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">As featured in <a href="https://www.housingwire.com/articles/opinion-do-our-representatives-really-want-affordable-housing/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394;">HousingWire</span></a>. </span><br></p></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3KboH6JKTD8nJfzBbQFXzTz2zDYFpSf6u-MuOQMlGKI7Op58WvhJZLDvRbDp30ZM08Dy4RKzUWYe2lTf8VILomFFiRRCGlukkJKojtBUQfZr-cuA3v_vfNCEmnjCfwCBmw-afe2Ttcvu1p14VYy68PkkBdrW-s1dFPmwNJuyBCWzMzH01dFLy8mWV0XA/s5456/samuel-schroth-L8lbuhnSPD8-unsplash.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3631" data-original-width="5456" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3KboH6JKTD8nJfzBbQFXzTz2zDYFpSf6u-MuOQMlGKI7Op58WvhJZLDvRbDp30ZM08Dy4RKzUWYe2lTf8VILomFFiRRCGlukkJKojtBUQfZr-cuA3v_vfNCEmnjCfwCBmw-afe2Ttcvu1p14VYy68PkkBdrW-s1dFPmwNJuyBCWzMzH01dFLy8mWV0XA/s320/samuel-schroth-L8lbuhnSPD8-unsplash.jpg" width="320"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; color: #111111; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-wrap: nowrap;">Photo by </span><a href="https://unsplash.com/@sammy?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; text-wrap: nowrap; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out, opacity 0.1s ease-in-out;">Samuel Schroth</a><span face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; color: #111111; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-wrap: nowrap;"> on </span><a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/white-concrete-building-under-white-clouds-during-daytime-L8lbuhnSPD8?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; text-wrap: nowrap; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out, opacity 0.1s ease-in-out;">Unsplash</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table><br><span id="docs-internal-guid-7e777127-7fff-3cdb-063e-fb77c9556287"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The talk of this election season has rightfully been on affordable housing.<span></span></span></p></span></div>

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Do Our Representatives Really Want Affordable Housing If This Form of Legal Discrimination Continues Unchecked?

As featured in HousingWire .  Photo by  Samuel Schroth  on  Unsplash .  The talk of this election season has rightfully been on affordable h...

Can Eminent Domain Home Seizures Ever Be Fair? Maybe with These 7 Courtesies, Any Pro Can Nail

<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-86ca5240-7fff-9d2e-77ae-eb56d83a7f81"><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-top: 20pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">As featured in <a href="https://www.inman.com/2024/08/29/7-procedural-components-to-make-eminent-domain-seizures-more-fair/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Inman News</span></a>. </span></span></div></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-6ef87e7c-7fff-abf6-49f0-0b6f28a7c44e"><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-top: 20pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 20pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Reality of Eminent Domain and Displacement </span></h1><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Did you know that from 1949 to 1973 alone, over a million people were </span><a href="https://ij.org/issues/private-property/eminent-domain/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">reportedly</span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> displaced due to unfair eminent domain practices, some of whom are still affected today?</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">History can be a cruel reminder of the cost of what some consider necessary development and progress.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Decades-old unfair land and home seizure issues have garnered media attention and ongoing community resistance (like </span><a href="https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/weight-loss-ebony-beach-club-life-examined/silas-white" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">this</span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> – see picture inserts below, </span><a href="https://ceo.lacounty.gov/ardi/bruces-beach/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">this</span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> and </span><a href="https://apnews.com/article/south-carolina-black-family-land-development-hilton-head-6cfa2025c5a6db8620a47d974d7604db" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">this</span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmsptz6JgMga242Lyv7BJ7Qi3G1v3T0lO97VN3fb9bX4wtet4ufmAD3d80SblyPSfgl4eWhx9nXCwEny1Jh6SS0l2Tzg-9uAmdKmdLcfVfENYXYmjZaRF5mnxPMP_1Mm1qw3XHW-YNIkZ9lc_7w9bOfuGf0V7FLYHKxcY3QnngWm4yMH-si4JltPQGWLY/s1350/IMG_0404.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Can Eminent Domain Home Seizures Ever Be Fair? Maybe with These 7 Courtesies, Any Pro Can Nail

As featured in Inman News . The Reality of Eminent Domain and Displacement Did you know that from 1949 to 1973 alone, over a million people...