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Royal Bank of Canada report, 26% of Canadian households can't afford to buy a house

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

-- High rates and prices make it less affordable to own a home in Canada , Royal Bank of Canada In some markets, 80% to 102% of median income is required to own and maintain a house. One group can't afford housing at today's prices. OTOH, in the US the Wall Street Journal reports on " The Rise of the Forever Renters."

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How to Convince Your Boss to Send You to the Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference

Center for Community Progress

After all, you’ll have to be away from your day job and spend money on travel and conference registration—it can be a tough sell for a manager! What : The Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference has been around since 2007, bringing together about 1,000 attendees in cities across the country every two years.

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The town (or place) that art saved(?): arts as revitalization versus arts as community building

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

nd building awareness and interest in the institution and the community (" House of Art(s) to open at the Springfield Art Museum ," Springfield News-Leader ), " Drury Students to help with De-Installation of Springfield Art Museum Exhibit ," Ozarks First, " Space as event as ouevre ," Gerard Nadeau). Again, I think this is community building.

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Governor Appoints CDT Deputy Director of Communications & Stakeholder Relations

California Department of Technology

Since 2021, Monica has served as Deputy Director of Communications at the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). Continue reading Governor Appoints CDT Deputy Director of Communications & Stakeholder Relations at TechBlog.

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

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

This means the far bigger influence comes from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) that are currently under the control 11 of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). 1 FSOC was created by the Dodd-Frank Act in response to certain regulatory failings revealed by the financial crisis of 2007-2009.

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Public restrooms: single versus multiple-occupant

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Early on cities had public restrooms and baths because much of housing did not. As bathrooms became more prevalent in housing and as local government budgets declined and demands increased, provision of public restrooms was one of the first services to be eliminated. Applying public space management principles to restrooms.

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A History of Ohio Land Banking 2009–2021: From Legislation to Operation

Center for Community Progress

Once-thriving middle-class neighborhoods with much history, shops, solid housing stock, and cultural treasures transitioned almost overnight into vacant and abandoned streets and retail strips. This number rose to 8,700 in 2003, 9,700 in 2004, 13,943 in 2006, and 14,946 in 2007. Everything seemed to work as planned—until 2008.