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The White House’s Focus on Closing Costs: Long Overdue and Worth the Fight (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Unusually, the industry’s regulator, the Appraisal Foundation, was established by the industry itself and then, in 1989, designated by Congress as its regulator. In other words, vote totals in the next election are now visibly in play. The FHFA, from its founding in 2008 to 2021, was an independent regulator.

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

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Faced with Housing Shortages, Policymakers Test New Reforms To Increase Production

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

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.

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What is government for?

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

That New Deal meant that the government would no longer work simply to promote business, but would regulate business, provide a basic social safety net, and promote infrastructure. trillion American Rescue Plan without any Republican votes. It was 35% before the 2017 tax cut.). This larger, $3.5

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How to Evaluate the Likelihood of GSE Reform in the Next Presidential Administration: Six Questions to Ask

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

reforms that Treasury and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator and conservator of F&F, could undertake instead. From about 2015 to the end of the Obama administration in January 2017, the notion of a congressional solution implemented via legislation went almost totally quiet. mortgage system.]]