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A Decade of Improvement at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs

GovLoop

The VA in 2014 faced a new mandate following revelations that raised serious questions around access to veteran care. The efforts tracked with similar initiatives at other agencies, where new White House policies and an emphasis on digital-first services kicked off a focus on customer experience. I think that was a milestone itself.”

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Optimizing the US mortgage market with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

The UMBS makes up 70 percent of the total MBS market in the US and was established in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to provide stability, liquidity, and resiliency in the US housing market. Launching the CSP with AWS CSS worked closely with AWS from the outset of the CSP project launch in 2014.

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2014 AWRA Annual Water Resources Conference

Data.gov

2014 AWRA Annual Water Resources Conference Open Water Data Initiative – Unifying Water Data for the Nation Call For Lightening Talks (Deadline: October 27, 2014) In coordination with The White House Climate Data Initiative, the Federal Geographic Data Committee, and … Continued.

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Housing costs and supply are dominating the news at the moment. Housing is the highest monthly bill typical Americans face, reaching an average of $1674 a month in 2021. Housing prices have increased far faster than incomes (Miller 2015), making affordable homeownership inaccessible for many aspiring homeowners (Hackett et al.

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Data Driven Insights to Kickstart Local Housing Strategy Planning

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The NYU Furman Center’s Local Housing Solutions is a one-stop housing policy platform with actionable resources and step-by-step guidance to help cities develop, implement, and monitor local housing strategies. Housing Needs Assessment. Dedicated Affordable Housing. Adequacy of Housing Production.

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Winter snow clearance in the Walking City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The city stays on top of road snow clearance, most households shovel their sidewalks, and I don't know what the city does for separated bike lanes--which aren't close to my house, and these days I am unable to bike anyway.

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What Causes “Urban Prairies” in Shrinking Cities?

Center for Community Progress

If the one common feature of shrinking cities is population decline, it would follow that vacant properties should be the most direct consequence, as fewer people need fewer houses, stores, and workplaces. But demolitions never kept pace with the continued weak demand for the city’s houses and the continued outflow of population.

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