2020, Advocacy and Engagement - Public Administration Today

What We Learned After Analyzing 5 Months of Active Mobility Responses to COVID-19

The City Fix

APRIL 12, 2021

In 2020 and into 2021, transportation agencies, companies and advocacy groups acted swiftly in the face of the unique public health crisis and disruption caused by COVID-19. They provided solutions that kept frontline workers, groceries, health services and other critical. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

Advocacy

Advocacy Public Health Transportation Community Engagement

Changing Narratives and Engaging Communities Toward Better Policy: New York City’s Low-Density Neighborhoods Event Recap

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 14, 2023

What’s more, the research finds that the lowest-density community districts added housing at only half the rate of the city overall between 2010 and 2020. ” Harding said while many housing advocates in New York do great work, she emphasized the role of representation in advocacy would help build trust with communities.

Engagement

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Honoring the Americans With Disabilities Act

GovLoop

JULY 26, 2024

The passage of the ADA was preceded by years of activism and advocacy-group efforts. Significant changes across the public and private sectors were needed so disabled individuals could fully participation in public and economic life in the United States. That March, for example, more than 1,000 people marched from the White House to the U.S.

Advocacy

Advocacy Regulations Public Transportation Transportation

Webinars

Municipal Maintenance: Ready, Set, Inspect!

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Building Resilience: Leveraging Innovative Partnerships and Low Cost Capital to Meet Affordable Single-Family Housing Needs

Center for Community Progress

AUGUST 25, 2022

Beginning in 2020, the organization has embarked on an unprecedented plan to preserve or build 2,000 units of affordable housing over the next five years, including 1,250 affordable multifamily units, 500 affordable homeownership units, and 250 single-family rental units. Source: Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership.

Housing

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Voting and Campaign Transparency w/ Asm. Sabrina Cervantes

Policy Chats

MARCH 11, 2024

In this episode, California State Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about election policy and election policies and civic engagement. About Sabrina Cervantes : Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes was elected in November 2016 and represents California’s 58th Assembly District.

Voting

Voting Campaign Public Policy Legislation

Asm. Sabrina Cervantes: Voting and Campaign Transparency

Policy Chats

MARCH 11, 2024

In this episode, California State Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about election policy and election policies and civic engagement. About Sabrina Cervantes : Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes was elected in November 2016 and represents California’s 58th Assembly District.

Voting

Voting Campaign Public Policy Legislation

Over Forty National, Local, and Land Bank Stakeholders Join Community Progress in Asking Bank Regulators to Strengthen the CRA

Center for Community Progress

AUGUST 30, 2022

The National Community Reinvestment Coalition notes that from 2009 to 2020, more than $4 trillion dollars in CRA-qualified lending went to homeowners and businesses in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods, pointing to the massive significance of the CRA and its impact on communities across the US.

Regulations

Regulations Advocacy Legislation Engagement

Public restrooms: single versus multiple-occupant

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Of course, the bigger cities, with homelessness, a propensity for vandalism, higher usage, low investment in facilities, and lack of attendants, have a problem in maintaining quality public facilities (" The Disappearing Public Toilet ," Seton Hall Law Review , 2020). Fancy restroom" in Bryant Park, New York City.

Budgeting

Budgeting Advocacy Housing Communications

The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 4, 2024

To that end, they turned to lobbying and advocacy to fend off any possible profit-reducing limitations that Congress might impose on them. 11] The history makes clear that the various GSEs often engage in lobbying and advocacy for favorable changes to legislation and regulation, potentially biasing the outcome. [12]

Legislation

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La Manplesa: documentary on the Latino "riots" in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of DC, 1991

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 6, 2022

1/2, Meeting the Moment: SPECIAL ISSUE (FALL 2020), pp. . -- " Mount Pleasant Riots ," WETA-TV "Washington in the 90s" -- " 1991: Mount Pleasant ," Patrick Scallen, Washington History, Vol. 35-37 (3 pages) Latino emigration to DC was tied to unrest in Central and South America.

Outreach

Outreach Leadership Government Development

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

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

This blocking has been enabled by extensive political advocacy and lobbying, especially aimed at elected members of Congress and state legislatures, and stands out for how effective it has been. Industry lobbying and advocacy are now also focused on the CFPB in response to its public announcement of an investigation. Appraisals.

Advocacy

Advocacy Housing Regulations Legislation

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)

APRIL 3, 2023

However, this can be hard to discern at times due to inflation and property values benefitting from continuing expenditures to maintain them, and especially during strongly price-appreciating markets (such as the pandemic-distorted years of 2020 and 2021); nevertheless, it is true over the long-term. percent per year. ” [link]. [9]

Housing

Housing Advocacy Government Development

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)

MARCH 10, 2023

4 That average will change slightly each year to reflect the normal annual variation in the mix of products and borrower characteristics – for example, it was up by two basis points (bp) in 2021 over 2020, but down by the same amount from the prior year. percent to 0.49 percent to 0.49

Press Release

Press Release Housing Regulations Implementation

The Road Not Taken | a response to a letter to the editor in the Washington Post about DC, traffic deaths and traffic safety

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 18, 2024

Seattle's Feet First advocacy group is a great resource for such programs. cuts speed limit to 20 mph to curb pedestrian deaths: a step forward but not enough | New thoughts on a comprehensive Vision Zero agenda ," 2020 In " Revisiting Vision Zero in DC and NYC " (2021) I made these points: 1. The issues are unchanging.

Transportation

Transportation Campaign Public Health Laws

Government Mortgage Interest Rates: A Serious Discussion about the Intertwined Topics of Risk Adjustment and Cross-subsidies

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MAY 31, 2023

The FHFA, meanwhile, has stated that there is no intention to do such redistribution and that the changes resulted instead from updating the GSE risk adjustments, mostly set about a decade ago, to be consistent with the rule it adopted in 2020 for minimum required capital. A Long-term Increase in G-fees?

Government

Government Housing Implementation Legislation

Public Administration Today

What We Learned After Analyzing 5 Months of Active Mobility Responses to COVID-19

Changing Narratives and Engaging Communities Toward Better Policy: New York City’s Low-Density Neighborhoods Event Recap

Webinars

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Honoring the Americans With Disabilities Act

Webinars

Building Resilience: Leveraging Innovative Partnerships and Low Cost Capital to Meet Affordable Single-Family Housing Needs

Voting and Campaign Transparency w/ Asm. Sabrina Cervantes

Asm. Sabrina Cervantes: Voting and Campaign Transparency

Over Forty National, Local, and Land Bank Stakeholders Join Community Progress in Asking Bank Regulators to Strengthen the CRA

Public restrooms: single versus multiple-occupant

The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 1)

La Manplesa: documentary on the Latino "riots" in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of DC, 1991

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

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

Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?

The Road Not Taken | a response to a letter to the editor in the Washington Post about DC, traffic deaths and traffic safety

Government Mortgage Interest Rates: A Serious Discussion about the Intertwined Topics of Risk Adjustment and Cross-subsidies

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