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Really great article on historic preservation (North Carolina)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the article: Meanwhile, from the 1950s through the 1970s, his hometown had undergone the same kind of “urban renewal” that happened across the country with the help of federal Housing and Urban Development and transportation grants. “As Meet the N&O’s Tar Heel of the Year ").

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

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

I have found, in a variety of recent articles, the 10 to 15 percent range for housing price declines (i.e., Given very low unemployment and record high levels of homeowners’ equity, along with a shortage of housing units (versus the surplus when the mortgage bubble began to burst in 2007), this seems reasonable to me as an estimate.

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How to Use Data for Public Good

GovLoop

In Colorado, the Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) Division of Housing knew who needed help: thousands of chronically unhoused Colorado residents a demographic that swelled 266% between 2007 and 2021, more than any other states. This article appears in our guide, “ Strength in Numbers: A Blueprint for Data Analytics.”

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A follow up on the H Street article: Learning from Philadelphia | More sophisticated daypart, retail, cultural, and experience planning

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the article: Philadelphia ranks fourth in the country in the average daily number of pedestrians downtown -- behind New York City, Chicago and Boston. Because " (2007) was a response to criticism of the Main Street program when some businesses failed on the Brookland commercial corridor.

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Department stores are an "urban technology" built for walking not driving

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

There is a letter to the editor in the Post " Save an endangered species: The American department store ," responding to the article " Macy's and other department stores are an endangered species ," opining about the difference between department stores in European cities like London and Paris.

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A Law Ignored “To a Startling Degree”

Barrett & Greene

New Jersey tried to do this in 2007 with legislation that added a $15,000 cap to the amount of sick leave that could be accumulated for senior employees, a rule that was extended in 2010 to all employees hired after May 1 of that year. Over the years, governments have passed various laws that attempt to limit this liability.

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Nonbank Mortgage Servicers: Proposing a Better Path to Reduce Their Risk to Financial Stability

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

3 In this article, I argue that these two standards are no longer essential given the evolution of the markets and mortgage industry over the decades since they were established. 1 FSOC was created by the Dodd-Frank Act in response to certain regulatory failings revealed by the financial crisis of 2007-2009. 2 See [link].