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Montgomery County Maryland Planning Board resigns

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Casey Anderson, chair of the Montgomery County Planning Board, in Forest Grove Park in Silver Spring in 2018. We thank the commissioners for their service to our county.” John Kelly/The Washington Post) I'm saddened by this. Even in the best of times there is a lot of opposition to planning and planners.

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Manufactured Housing Is a Good Source of Unsubsidized Affordable Housing - Except When It’s Not: Q&A on Eight Key Policy Topics (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

14 A separate calculation by the Urban Institute, an MH supporter, from 2018 claims manufactured homes are 35 to 47 percent cheaper per square foot than site-built homes. Nevertheless, the advocacy I have found with respect to MH demonstrates some confusion regarding this fundamental. percent per year.

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Using Data to Prevent the Loss of Home Equity in New York City

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

A property is in Financial Distress if it meets at least one of the following criteria: Foreclosure Activity – The property received a foreclosure notice (lis pendens or auction filing) between 2018 and 2021, 18 indicating that the owner fell behind on mortgage payments and is at risk of foreclosure. 2,578 properties (.52%

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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)

Not surprisingly, the two companies highly prioritized protecting those subsidies, which meant maintaining political support in Congress to ensure no legislation was passed to take them away. Or is it just a case, in a highly politicized industry, of a politically convenient advocacy rationale to justify not increasing G-fees?