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Over Forty National, Local, and Land Bank Stakeholders Join Community Progress in Asking Bank Regulators to Strengthen the CRA

Center for Community Progress

The National Community Reinvestment Coalition notes that from 2009 to 2020, more than $4 trillion dollars in CRA-qualified lending went to homeowners and businesses in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods, pointing to the massive significance of the CRA and its impact on communities across the US.

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La Manplesa: documentary on the Latino "riots" in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of DC, 1991

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But the 2009 blog entry indicates that the problem continues. I had only lived in DC for about 4 years when this happened. The commission also proposed a number of solutions, including police reforms and increased Latino representation within the city’s government.

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"Temporary" uses as a way to foil development: Bruce Monroe Elementary School site, DC | from school to park to housing

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Those buildings would create 273 units of housing, some of which would have replaced the existing 174 units at Park Morton while it undergoes redevelopment.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Three | Planning for Climate Change

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The state has the Jordan River Commission , and the advocacy group, the Seven Canyons Trust , works on creek daylighting issues throughout the County. Climate change as an opportunity for civic engagement within parks and parks systems Sustainability education. There are good models for better practice. Denver Post.

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Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Meanwhile, any reduction in capital requirements from today’s elevated levels would predictably be castigated by housing specialists from the political right and like-minded members of Congress, who will undoubtedly then accuse the FHFA of engaging in deliberate undercapitalization, such as existed pre-2008 (as explained below).

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

He specifically distinguishes social movements from political parties and advocacy groups. Because social media can increase the perceived social and public equity, users are more likely to engage in active participation. It doesn’t take long before thousands of Facebook users join these pages (Fieser, 2009).