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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Over 225 CLTs have developed since their inception in the 1960s (Grounded Solutions Network 2021), and fifteen states have some version of a positive law supporting CLT formation and affirming CLT legality in their state (Decker 2018). Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law 26, no. 1 (2019): 24-48.

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Enhancing Federal AI Safety: Responsible and Secure AI Sandbox

Microsoft Public Sector

As AI technologies become essential in federal agencies, establishing a responsible, secure, and ethical framework for their development and deployment is crucial. The National AI Initiative Act of 2020 further bolsters this foundation by promoting AI research and policy development.

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Driving Change: A Mid-Year Reflection from Community Progress

Center for Community Progress

One highlight has been the generous grant of over $1 million from JP Morgan Chase to support our Developers of Color initiative. This initiative, led by our Director of Engagement Odetta Macleish-White, creates opportunities for marginalized local developers and promotes equitable development in underserved communities.

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Frugal architecture in action: The Urban Institute innovates with R and Serverless on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Cost, resilience, and performance are non-functional requirements that are often at tension with each other.” — Werner Vogels, The Frugal Architect, Law III Nonprofit organizations are typically frugal and responsible. They still occasionally update their Fortran development practices.

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Why Heirs’ Property is a Problem for Vacancy and Abandonment

Center for Community Progress

When a property owner dies without a will or estate plan, state laws governing inheritance determine how the property is passed to family members legally entitled to it. Though heirs’ property is widespread, it disproportionately affects Black landowners in the South due to the legacy of slavery and racist land ownership laws.

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Building trust in government: A data-driven imperative

Partnership for Public Service

The Data Foundation, notably through its govDATAx summit , works toward this goal.

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What @sog_ced is reading online: October 2022

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

The following are articles and reports on the web that the Community and Economic Development Program at the UNC School of Government shared through social media over the past month. The School of Government property tax law expert, Chris McLaughlin, evaluates possible bias in property tax appeals. unc.live/3SEV3f6. unc.live/3z8XvTq.