Public Policy Blog

JUNE 16, 2013

In turn, this creates a potential motive for centralizing information in the hands of a single leader” (Komai et al, 2007, p. However, a new breed of platform has emerged in WikiLeaks – a not-for-profit entity with no real permanent geographic location that exists beyond the boundaries of the law of any single nation. Image: WikiLeaks.

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Center for Community Progress

JUNE 6, 2022

Ohio’s Traditional Land Bank Law. This number rose to 8,700 in 2003, 9,700 in 2004, 13,943 in 2006, and 14,946 in 2007. Up to January 2020, the Cuyahoga Land Bank was still receiving approximately 100 vacant and abandoned parcels per month into its inventory through the HB 294 tax foreclosure law.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 29, 2024

For the buyer, closing costs vary significantly by state, reflecting different state regulations and laws. In 2007, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a non-partisan research arm of Congress, studied title insurance. The 2007 GAO report indicates this has been the historic practice in the title insurance business.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

In Part 1 of this series, it was estimated that total closing costs for both buyer and seller accounted for at least 7 to 11 percent of the purchase price of a typical home, surpassing the average 6 to 7 percent down payment made by first-time homebuyers (FTHBs). ” 4 Starting nearly half a century ago, antitrust law in the U.S.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

AUGUST 2, 2023

Kazis, former Legal Fellow at the Furman Center and Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, in the series introduction to “Learning from Land Use Reforms.” Researchers found preliminary evidence that these laws had their intended effect.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

JULY 29, 2019

Any attempt to relate the current anomie to disaster risk reduction (DRR) must take account of the 'egg hypothesis'. 2007, Ambraseys and Bilham 2011) suggest that the principal cause of earthquake disasters is corruption, which weakens or prevents defensive anti-seismic measures. Law and Social Inquiry 43(4): 1427-1457.

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