The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)
MARCH 4, 2024
11 This core flaw of GSE design was described by then-Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson when F&F were placed into conservatorship in 2008. ” The Pre-2008 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac F&F were relatively small prior to the Savings & Loan (S&L) Crisis of 1989, having only a single-digit market share of funding U.S.
Center for Community Progress
AUGUST 25, 2022
In particular, the organization’s Foreclosure Response Program—launched in 2008 in direct response to the devastating foreclosure crisis—has proven a resilient model for affordable single-family development.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
DECEMBER 16, 2023
In " Making cycling irresistible in DC 2.0 " (2008) and " Best practice bicycle planning for suburban settings using the action planning method " (2010), I mentioned the need to promote bicycling at the neighborhood scale, to increase biking take up. On Capitol Hill in DC, a few yeas ago a "Kidical Mass" group was formed.
Death and Taxes
JANUARY 28, 2021
In addition to his operational responsibilities, Joe managed COST’s advocacy program and regularly testified before state legislatures and other state and national policy-making bodies. Joe served COST as chief operating officer & senior director, policy. Joe is a nationally recognized expert on state and local business tax policy.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
APRIL 18, 2024
The journal article " Making Cycling Irresistible ," inspired my own blog entry in 2008, " Ideas for Making Cycling Irresistible in DC." Planning and advocacy. There aren't many free air pumps or bike stands. I don't know if some apartment buildings have high quality bike parking. Goes without saying.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
JUNE 27, 2024
There is a local walking and transit advocacy group called Sweet Streets , that helped promote this change.) Gosh, years ago I wrote about an approach to planning I called "action planning," focused on implementation, and to be successful included elements of social marketing and branding and identity.
Disaster Planning and Emergency Management
MAY 6, 2024
Hence there is potential for floods that equal or exceed those generated in 2008, storms that may be more disruptive than Arwen was in 2021, heatwaves greater than that of July 2022, and so on. With a general election pending there is an opportunity to produce some strong advocacy for the development of a better civil protection system.
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