Dr. Sara Sternberg Greene

Professor at Duke Law. Sociologist. Research focuses on poverty, consumer law, and access to justice using empirical (mostly qualitative) methods. Mother of 3.

[Dr. Sara Sternberg Greene @SaraJSGreene]

@FedExHelp Two packages that were set to be delivered yesterday never came. I waited to sign all day. Same thing happened today. I need one by tomorrow. I am frustrated. I called and asked if they can be delivered tomorrow, and no help. Unacceptable. Can you help?

[Dr. Sara Sternberg Greene @SaraJSGreene]

Check out some of my thoughts on the increase in consumer bankruptcy cases in Newsweek, here: https://t.co/khckmxqa64

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@NeelSukhatme @UMichLaw @GeorgetownLaw Wow! Congrats @NeelSukhateme! They are lucky to have you.

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@HiltonHonors I replied with the info @HiltonHonors

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@HiltonHonors we tried to make a reservation using a large number of our points. We got a message that there was an error (on your end), but ALL our points were taken. Now we're being told we need to wait to get our points back? This isn't acceptable and we want to use them now

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So, collateral consequences play out differently depending on the type of landlord a prospective tenant is dealing with. As part of this discussion, we show how state and local data-use laws, as well as the Fair Housing Act, operate on the ground. Read the paper for more!

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How do landlords decide who to rent to? Barbara Kiviat, Hesu Yoon, & I interviewed landlords, property managers, rental company executives, and tenant-screening company executives to help answer this question. Now in Duke Law Journal: https://t.co/9LCInivg5L

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In the paper, we show how landlords of all sizes operate with these broadly shared cultural understandings about the morality of various types of negative records, but with different conceptions of what it means to make rental decisions legally and fairly.

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These cultural understandings, mapped the classic American Dream ideal, following the logic that if you work hard you can and should pay basic bills and if you cannot it is your fault.

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We leveraged comparisons across record type and organization size and found that access to housing largely depends on cultural understandings of the morality of different types of negative records.

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Landlords have access to more information than ever. Including negative records such as criminal records, debts in collections, and evictions. We wanted to understand how landlords process and think about these records.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Holy shit, this “American girl” ad from @senecaprojectus is amazing!!!
Hard to see the letters I’m typing through the tears streaming down my face though.

[Matt Soffer @mattsoffer]

This election isn’t about partisanship, it’s about fellowship. @KamalaHarris and @JoshStein_ must be elected.
https://t.co/KlNjcR2Vz1 @WRAL @KamalaHQ

[Dr. Sara Sternberg Greene @SaraJSGreene]

Price gouging after natural disasters is a real problem. See what I think about it here:
https://t.co/KzXRc8W1kJ

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And the NBC News coverage is here:
https://t.co/6s0GDnqbZ2

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NBC News covered a study I, Barak Richman, and others conducted about hospitals suing patients/putting liens on their homes. Now, Atrium Health, a big player, forgave debt and dropped liens on the homes of 11,500 people: https://t.co/1J3NiTcHMA.
This is why I do what I do.

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Our original report is here: https://t.co/9LXebnnhhG

[Jesse Hamilton McCoy II @JHamiltonMcCoy2]

The end of an era. Such a great visionary and attorney. I’ve had the pleasure of personally seeing this man use his influence to step in and save hundreds of folks in Durham from being evicted through all sorts of crises for the past 7 years. #Legend

https://t.co/fycA3YFYAr

[Dr. Sara Sternberg Greene @SaraJSGreene]

@wrigginsjenny Thank you!