Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 17, 2022

Only the General Assembly is authorized to create property tax exemptions, and when that legislative body creates exemptions they must apply uniformly across the state. One idea proposed by housing advocates is to modify the “circuit breaker” residential tax exclusion so that it benefits more taxpayers. 85 or above 1.15).

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Laws Local Government Housing Legislation 40

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 3, 2023

Manufactured housing (MH) has recently taken on a high profile among affordable housing advocates, including in the Biden administration. As a result, the search for ideas to increase the usage of MH has been building given the critical affordable housing shortage that has grown for many reasons over at least the last decade.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

Introduction The high level of closing costs has been placed onto housing policy’s front burner by two recent events. This could significantly increase affordability, especially for FTHBs, and make housing transactions generally more cost-effective for both buyers and sellers. 3 In the modern era, U.S. labor force of 168 million.

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Advocacy Housing Regulations Legislation 101

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2023

The average guarantee fee (G-fee) of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), who currently finance about half of the nearly $13 trillion of outstanding first-lien single-family mortgages in the country, 1 is among the most closely-watched numbers by housing finance policymakers and the mortgage lending industry.

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Press Release Housing Regulations Implementation 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JANUARY 27, 2022

Across the country, policymakers are dealing with the impact of exclusionary zoning practices that have created barriers to housing supply and restricted access to high-opportunity neighborhoods for low-income families. The median rent of a housing unit in Westchester County increased by roughly 2.5 percent to 19.2

Housing 52

Housing Legislation Regulations Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 19, 2023

Tom Murphy, first a legislator in Pennsylvania, and later long-time Mayor of Pittsburgh, created the infrastructure for the "Regional Asset District" in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, which supports the big cultural institutions in the city (museums, libraries, parks, etc.) That bill is before the House for final approval next week.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

This week, September 6 to be exact, marks the fifteenth anniversary of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae – the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) - being placed into conservatorship by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). [1] government (i.e., In the end, none were successful.

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Legislation Regulations Operations Housing 105

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MAY 31, 2023

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator and conservator of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), has been very prominently in the news lately. The changes then became the subject of hearings and legislation in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to reverse the changes.

Government 52

Government Housing Implementation Legislation 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JANUARY 7, 2025

The possibility of a GSE conservatorship exit has sparked considerable media attention, particularly in housing and mortgage industry circles. Is the not-yet-nominated director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) the key to conservatorship exit? Separately, Trump II has the ability to directly reshape GSE mortgage policies.

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Legislation Housing Campaign Voting 69

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

This means the current administration has the power to make changes in GSE mortgage programs and policies that could materially impact large numbers of current and prospective homeowners, as well as the mortgage and housing industries. First, the White House can tell the FHFA what to do in as much detail as it chooses.

Housing 52

Housing Legislation Policy Objective Implementation 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JULY 30, 2024

Introduction Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (F&F), the two large government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), were placed into conservatorship in September 2008 at the height of the Great Financial Crisis, when the markets lost confidence in them. For example, see the September 2008, “Statement by Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr.

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