Marc L Roark
Professor Roark is the Louisiana Outside Counsel of Health and Ethics Endowed Professor and Senior Fellow in the Native American Law and Policy Institute. Professor Roark writes and teaches around issues in property, urban law, affordable housing law and policy, homelessness research, and commercial law. He is an editor for Hedgehogs and Foxes, a Law and Literature website of the American Bar Association, and is a board member for the Association of Law, Property and Society. Professor Roark has held previous appointments at The Savannah Law School, University of La Verne, University of Missouri, and University of Tulsa. Professor Roark is also a Fulbright Specialist in the areas of housing and homelessness. He has lectured to students at the University of Essex, National University of Ireland - Galway, University of Barcelona, University of Adelaide (Australia), and the University of Rovira I Virilli (Spain). His current projects consider the role of the state in responding to squatters, the role of the property system in shaping housing norms, and the impact of model Article 9 legislation on tribal economic development. Professor Roark practiced with the firms Phelps Dunbar in New Orleans and Smith Gambrell and Russell in Atlanta before moving to academia full time. He holds a J.D. degree from Loyola University New Orleans and an LL.M from Duke University Law School. Research and Teaching Areas:Property Law, Real Estate Transactions, Homelessness, Squatters Rights, Housing Law and Policy, Urban Land Use, Zoning, Commercial Law, Security Devices, Law and Humanities, Civil Law Systems, Comparative Law.
Phone: 225-771-2552
Address: 2 Roosevelt Steptoe Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70813
Phone: 225-771-2552
Address: 2 Roosevelt Steptoe Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70813
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Drawing on similarities in the environmental context, the article argues that a NEPA-like approach to human housing can offset externalities that homeless persons and those living in low-income housing are forced to internalize through environment changes. Amongst those impacts are the imbalance between the well-funded developer and low income populations; the view that low income properties can be classified as nuisance-type properties; and the tendency to only consider the highest best use of property as the rationale for development. The article concludes by offering model legislation that could be implemented to provide a NEPA like assessment to city development.
Drawing on similarities in the environmental context, the article argues that a NEPA-like approach to human housing can offset externalities that homeless persons and those living in low-income housing are forced to internalize through environment changes. Amongst those impacts are the imbalance between the well-funded developer and low income populations; the view that low income properties can be classified as nuisance-type properties; and the tendency to only consider the highest best use of property as the rationale for development. The article concludes by offering model legislation that could be implemented to provide a NEPA like assessment to city development.