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Will the GSEs Repeat 2007 - 2009’s Large Losses?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The housing market has just experienced one of the largest upcycles in history. First, house prices increased by 57 percent 1 over the nearly nine years from their post-financial crisis bottom (2011 Q2) through the last quarter before the pandemic (2020 Q1). This rapid ascent was driven by multiple factors.

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Community building versus economic development

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Cities cost money to operate. Similarly, a school in her neighborhood is closing and she suggests it become a library, even though it's a good site for multiunit housing, when the main library is just a few miles away. But the values of houses north of H Street increased 6x or more, close to a billion dollars for 1,700 houses.

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

the Diffusion of Innovations Curve of Everett Rogers ," (2018) -- " Yes the neighborhood will change, but it will take 10-25 years ," (2018) -- " House flipping as reproduction of space ," (2018) -- " Q: Could a community land trust help solve D.C.s It's not a matter of not knowing what to do, but how to get support and to pay for it.

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Current Affairs Magazine: US Transit is Abysmal and Unacceptable

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Certainly, the automobile manufacturing industry including parts like tires, oil companies, and residential housing builders, financiers, etc., Later, as private sector operations went bankrupt, cities like Chicago and Detroit stepped in and bought the systems, to be able to maintain service. have pretty paltry ridership considering.

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The Social Media President – @POTUS final #SOTU

Public Policy Blog

Bush administration in 2002. These efforts build on previous White House efforts to connect with users across a range of social media sites and make the experience of the speech appropriate to each platform. And finally, keep engaging with the White House: We’re listening” (Goldman). Bush in 2004. No small feat. Look out world.