Eviction

On January 4th, 2008, 26 year old Tarika Wilson was home with her one year old child. Police officers busted down the door and opened fire, immediately killing both of them. The officers were looking for Tarika’s boyfriend, Anthony Terry, who was under suspicion for dealing drugs. The killing of Tamika and her child affected her entire town of Lima, Ohio, and raised questions about police brutality reaching another level across America. Police brutality and excessive force have been hot topics…

When I originally contacted The Coalition for the Homeless it was explained to be that due to how busy and chaotic it can be they sometimes conduct group interviews. My interview with the Coalition for the Homeless was on August 10, 2016 and I was to meet with Mr. Boyd. The interview was quite interesting, on the day of my interview the agency was having a small celebration. They were celebrating the fact that several clients got hired by several of the companies in which clients participated in…

When I read the last 4 chapters of part one, I realized what is the end goal for tenets and landlords. So far, they are still stuck in drugs, poverty and social systems not made to fit the needs of everyone. First in chapter 5, Desmond talks about Arlene and her experience and how she got to where she is. "Arleen moved out at seventeen (57)" this line is powerful because it's the case with many young adults. When young people make that decision to move out they are vulnerable, but once they find…

DUTIES OF TENANTS AND LANDLORDS, 2015). While the landlord is required to rent a property that is livable. Both parties are able to have access to the lease. However, when it comes to eviction the landlord is able to obtain greater authority (Galaty, Allaway, & Kyle, 2016, pp. 359-360). A landlord may serve an eviction notice between five to ten days, depending on the state, once the tenant defaults on their rent or fails to do as they have agreed per their lease agreement. From the tenant’s…

In order for a valid contract to exist between Sam and the chain store there needs to be elements that back up the proof. A contract consists of four different elements: agreement, consideration, contractual capacity, and a legal object. The agreement “consists of an offer b one party, called the offeror, to enter into a contract and an acceptance of the terms offer by the other party, called the offeree.” (Kubasek, 2012, p.304) The agreement could be done as a verbal agreement or even a…

Amendment. The Fifth Amendment taking clause, which says, “private property shall not be taken for public use, without just compensation,” so they did not hesitate to take this issue to court. The homeowners that wanted to stay were confronted with eviction notices a day before Thanksgiving Day and the public reacted, and they were not happy. https://www.oyez.org/cases/2004/04-108 Susette tried to use the support of the community to help her in the political…

Cambridge, Massachusetts is a vibrant city of enormous wealth. It has two of the most prestigious institutions in the world: Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Both universities have staggering endowment funds and own a considerable size of the city’s land. Their renowned names invoke images of a pristine campus with august buildings surrounded by enthusiastic college students. In November 1987, MIT was brought to the forefront of media attention with sensational…

makers of the film The Castle, and the author of The Colour Purple explore the ways people stand up for their values and beliefs? The Castle is a 1997 film that predominantly focuses on Daryl Kerrigan battle against the government to prevent the eviction of his family from their home. The Castle contains elements of the unequal distribution of power and the struggle for justice. Comparably, these aspects of the film can be identified in the 1982 epistolary novel, The Colour Purple. The…

As the paralegal reviewing the case, the elements of a contract must first be reviewed to establish if there is a valid contract between Sam and the chain store. As described in the textbook, “Contracts are a promise or set of promises for the breach of which the law gives a remedy or performance of which the law in some way recognizes a duty” (Kubasek, pg. 305, 2009). Valid contracts exist if four elements including the agreement, consideration, legal object, and contractual capacity are met…

Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story Chavez Ravine is a documentary that uses interviews and pictures taken by Don Normark to explain the disappearance of a city due to political hypocrisy and greed. From interviews with the former interviews of this small village, life in this village was one of a kind, and they had never understood why the good intentions of development went awry. This Mexican-American village is promised to upgrade for better housing but instead the 300 families are forcefully…