Poverty Law I: Housing and Government Benefits Law Fall 2023 - Thursdays 1:25 p.m. to 4:25 p.m. University of Minnesota Law School Mondale Hall Room 15 Professors Larry McDonough and Meghan Scully |
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Week |
Date |
First Half |
Second Half |
1 |
9/7 |
Introduction to Poverty Law Overview of Class and Materials Understanding Poverty Professor Larry McDonough Professor Meghan Scully |
The Law of Government Benefits, Measuring Poverty, and Applying for Benefits Professor Scully |
2 |
9/14 |
The Law of Government Benefit, Measuring Poverty, and Applying for Benefits, cont., and Social Security Basics Professor Scully Required Listening: Trends with Benefits, This American Life, https://www.thisamericanlife.org/490/trends-with-benefits Required Reading: Supplemental Security 101: A Guide for Advocates, By: Jenny Chung Mejia, Justice in Aging, March 2018 https://justiceinaging.org/our-work/economic-security/ssiaccess/ In-Kind Support and Maintenance (ISM) in the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program, By Jennifer Kye and Kate Lang for Justice in Aging, April 2018 https://justiceinaging.org/our-work/economic-security/ssiaccess/ SSI Exercise and Hypotheticals |
Food Programs, SNAP Professor Scully Required Reading: A Quick Guide to SNAP Eligibility and Benefits, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, March 3, 2023 https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/a-quick-guide-to-snap-eligibility-and-benefits Required Listening: Busted America's Poverty Myths, On the Media, Episodes 1 & 2 https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/projects/busted-americas-poverty-myths SNAP Exercise and Hypotheticals |
3 |
9/21 |
Cash Programs: MFIP Professor Scully Required Readings: The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant: A Legislative History, Congressional Research Services, Version 20, March 08, 2023 https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/details?prodcode=R44668 Required Listening Busted America's Poverty Myths, On the Media:, Episodes 3 & 4 https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/projects/busted-americas-poverty-myths |
Cash Programs: MFIP, continued Professor Scully MFIP Household Hypotheticals |
4 |
9/28 |
Cash Programs: MFIP, continued Professor Scully 5-Year Exercise and Hypotheticals |
Cash Programs for Adults without Children, GA and MSA Professor Scully GA and MSA Exercise and Hypotheticals |
5 |
10/5 |
Medical Benefits Professor Scully |
Medical Benefits, Continued Professor Scully Medical Assistance Exercise and Hypotheticals. |
6 |
10/12 |
TBA |
TBA Research Problem #1 Handed Out |
7 |
10/19 |
Readability/Plain English Lecture Professor Scully Research Problem # 1 Due at 1:25 p.m. via email to Professor Scully |
Readability/Plain English Exercises Professor Scully |
8 |
10/26 |
Housing Introduction Professor McDonough Tenants' Rights in Minnesota, Minnesota Legal Services Coalition |
Housing: Eviction Overview Professor McDonough Skim reading |
9 |
11/2 |
Housing: 2023 Legislation Get Ready for 2024 - Landlord and Tenant Law Is Changing! |
Housing: Eviction Service Defenses Professor McDonough Read service defenses of Answer Form A1 Skim Residential Eviction Defense and Tenant Claims in Minnesota § VI.C table of contents and text for more information. |
10 |
11/9 |
Housing: Eviction Precondition Defenses Professor McDonough Read precondition defenses of Answer Form A1 Skim Residential Eviction Defense and Tenant Claims in Minnesota § VI.D table of contents and text for more information (except public and subsidized housing). |
Housing: Eviction Rent Defenses Professor McDonough Read rent defenses of Answer Form A1 Skim Residential Eviction Defense and Tenant Claims in Minnesota § VI.E table of contents and text for more information (except public and subsidized housing). |
11 |
11/16 |
Rescheduled |
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11/20 7:00 p.m. |
Housing: Eviction Notice Defenses Professor McDonough Read notice defenses of Answer Form A1 Skim Residential Eviction Defense and Tenant Claims in Minnesota § VI.F table of contents and text for more information (except public and subsidized housing). |
Housing: Eviction Breach Defenses Professor McDonough Read breach defenses of Answer Form A1 Skim Residential Eviction Defense and Tenant Claims in Minnesota § VI.G table of contents and text for more information (except public and subsidized housing) |
12 |
11/23 |
Thanksgiving (No Class) |
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13 |
11/28 |
Research Problem #2 Emailed at 1:25 p.m. (no class) |
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13 |
11/30 |
Housing: Eviction Relief, Post Trial Issues and Settlement Professor McDonough Read relief in Answer Form A1 Skim Residential Eviction Defense and Tenant Claims in Minnesota Chapters VII - IX table of contents and text for more information. |
Housing: Security Deposits Professor McDonough McDonough, Security Deposits in Minnesota Housing: Other Landlord and Tenant Actions Read the forms for emergency tenant remedies actions, rent escrow actions, and tenant remedies actions and skim Chapter XII §§ B.0-3 table of contents and text for more information. McDonough, Residential Eviction Defense and Tenant Claims in Minnesota, Chapter XII.B |
14 |
12/5 Tues |
Last Class Professors McDonough and Scully Complete surveys and provide class feedback Research Problem # 2 Due at 1:25 p.m. via email to mcdon056@umn.edu |
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