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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

One-time investments in CLT properties can keep those properties affordable as long as the CLT exists, ensuring affordability for far longer (Institute for Community Economics 1982, Jacobus and Brown 2010, White 2011). It’s important to be strategic to promote relationship synergy and maximize benefits for both parties (White 2011).

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The "nonprofit industrial complex," city government and service delivery

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But it's been an issue for a long time, in fact the organization in Baltimore that is criticized by the author is similar to one that engaged in improper grant making in DC (" Harry Thomas, former D.C.

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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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Urban planning when things are going well: DC, 2014 (The Office of Planning under Harriet Tregoning)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Relatedly, in planning engagements, planners have two responsibilities, simultaneously dealing with "citywide" concerns as laid out in a master or comprehensive land use plan for the community, as well as neighborhood concerns, while residents typically only take responsibility for the latter.

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Emergency Home Repair Loans: Local Government as Financial Bridge

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

North Carolina Statutes impose income eligibility requirements on borrowers Receipt of federal or state funding does not imply legal authority to engage in the funded activity—an enabling general statute or charter provision is required. Receipt of federal or state funding does not imply legal authority to engage in the funded activity.