Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

JUNE 25, 2023

Mr Zelensky has since strengthened this system by installing a new council composed partly of retired American and European judges to regulate judicial conduct. Such prosecutions were unheard-of before 2014. Corruption was endemic, from the bribes demanded by traffic cops to the kickbacks needed to secure government contracts.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2023

2 In November of last year, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator and conservator of the two companies, issued its annual report on their G-fees (the G-fee Report), covering calendar year 2021. percent) in 2014, after having been purposefully increased by the FHFA and the two GSEs in prior years. percent to 0.49

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 29, 2024

For the buyer, closing costs vary significantly by state, reflecting different state regulations and laws. The cost of the lender’s title policy, which is paid by the homebuyer via a single, upfront payment made at the closing, will vary from state to state, reflecting that the states regulate title insurance. Behind a paywall.)

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 22, 2025

This one is from February 2014. Growth vs. shrinking | young vs. old | urban vs. suburban | historic preservation vs. limited building regulation. When I do searches for articles within the blog, I come across articles that remain in draft form, as I never got around to finishing them.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

the Diffusion of Innovations Curve of Everett Rogers ," (2018) -- " Yes the neighborhood will change, but it will take 10-25 years ," (2018) -- " House flipping as reproduction of space ," (2018) -- " Q: Could a community land trust help solve D.C.s gentrification crisis?

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

AUGUST 2, 2023

But in recent years, California’s state government has stepped in to accelerate housing production by reforming zoning regulations, removing some of the red tape that has slowed production, and cracking down on localities that have historically resisted densifying. million units.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

One, it placed the companies into conservatorship, an obscure legal status in which they would continue to operate, but with their regulator, the FHFA, [3] in operational control of the companies in lieu of their stockholders and boards of directors. However, it never made it past Senate Banking Committee approval in 2014.

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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. every borrower paying the same interest rate), its regulators would cite it for engaging in an unsafe and unsound practice.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 31, 2025

Since Congress has not focused on conservatorship exit or any type of GSE reform for many years –the last real push was circa 2014– almost all of today’s speculation assumes, correctly in my view, that Trump II would have no choice but to proceed via administrative means.

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