Dean Canova Quoted in Article on Foreclosure
October 15, 2008
Associate Dean Timothy Canova was quoted in an article in Metro Times, entitled “Foreclosure Fight: The Push for a Michigan Moratorium.” The article describes the push by Detroit protestors for an emergency moratorium on foreclosures in the wake of the $700 billion federal bailout. Earlier this year, Sen. Clarke (D-Detroit) introduced a senate bill which would impose a two-year moratorium on evictions across the state. Dean Canova expressed support for government action to protect those “at the bottom of the economic pyramid” and stated his opinion that the proposed law is constitutional. He said, “The United States Supreme Court upheld a similar foreclosure moratorium act that was passed in 1933 by Minnesota during the Depression…” Read article…