New Orleans In the red-hot real estate market in Hong Kong they are selling something called “mosquito” apartments that are less than 180 square feet. There was a picture in the paper comparing the size, unfavorably, to that of a parking slot. Real estate brokers were suggesting that you could use the window sill for …
Month: June 2015
Finally, A Full-Throated Call for Universal Voter Registration
New Orleans Well, now we’re talking! Finally, we may see find some politicians speaking up and taking a chance on more democracy, rather than just hoping for more rich people and campaign donations. In a speech at Texas Southern University, a largely African-American institution in Houston, where she was getting an award of some kind, …
Supreme Court Sinks More Homeowners into Permanent Debt
New Orleans In a startling unanimous decision, the US Supreme Court overturned an 11th Circuit Court of Appeals decision finding in favor of Bank of America that even bankruptcy protection does not allow underwater homeowners the ability to escape the obligations of second mortgages. The impact of the decision allows zombie banks to continue operating …