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Divided by Design? Urban Renewal’s Long-term Impact on Poverty and Income by Race

The Lowe Down

In 2021, Lavoice showed that urban renewal resulted in a decreased share of black residents in redeveloped neighborhoods. I test this idea using Collins and Shester’s methodology to analyze economic outcomes from three decades (1990, 2000, 2010) disaggregated by race (Black or White). All results were significant at a 95% level.

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Housing is the highest monthly bill typical Americans face, reaching an average of $1674 a month in 2021. Over 225 CLTs have developed since their inception in the 1960s (Grounded Solutions Network 2021), and fifteen states have some version of a positive law supporting CLT formation and affirming CLT legality in their state (Decker 2018).

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A Law Ignored “To a Startling Degree”

Barrett & Greene

We researched and wrote about this issue in a 2021 report for UKG, called Employee Leave in the Public Sector: Current Challenges and Solutions. Over the years, governments have passed various laws that attempt to limit this liability. How many more is an open question. The 60 municipalities studied are but a small sample.

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Child Nutrition School Breakfast Program Expansion Grant for U.S. States and the District of Columbia

iGrantWriters

In this instance, the term State agency means 1) the State educational agency; and 2) any other agency of the State which has been designated by the Governor or other appropriate executive or legislative authority of the State and approved by USDA to administer the above-mentioned program. Deadline to Apply August 29, 2021

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School Breakfast Program Expansion Grant for U.S. Territories

iGrantWriters

Territories that administer the School Breakfast Program or provide any other school breakfast to students and have been designated by the Governor or other appropriate executive or legislative authority of the State and approved by USDA to administer such program. Deadline to Apply August 29, 2021 In this instance, the following U.S.

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Supply Skepticism Revisited: What New Research Shows About the Impact of Supply on Affordability

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

percent of New York renters paid more than 30 percent of their income toward housing expenses—the threshold of being cost-burdened—in 2021. Kathy Hochul is also expected to try to pass housing legislation again in 2024 after her Housing Compact did not make headway in Albany last year. New York Democratic Gov.

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