The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MAY 20, 2024

More than 5 million low-income people across the country use Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers to help subsidize their housing costs. Department of Housing and Urban Development. By 2020, the median renter household’s income was more than 4 times that of the median voucher holder.

Housing 89

Housing Development 89

AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

This dataset aims to accelerate the development of event-based algorithms and methods for edge cases encountered by autonomous systems in dynamic environments. The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Open Data Sponsorship Program makes high-value, cloud-optimized datasets publicly available on AWS.

Housing 200

Housing Development Operations Public Sector 200

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 23, 2023

Office to residential conversions are a once-in-a-generation opportunity to provide affordable housing in New York City. In their “ Making New York Work for Everyone ” plan, released in January, Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul expressed eagerness to build more housing in New York City’s business districts after COVID.

Housing 86

Housing Development Legislation Regulations 86

AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 24, 2024

In this post, I explain how councils used collaboration and shared resources to develop this digital public infrastructure which has reduced the cost of building council websites by up to 80 percent and delivered better services. The fund allowed us to expand LocalGov Drupal between early 2020 and late 2021. website, launched in 2012.

Local Government 182

Local Government Government Budgeting Development 182

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Furman Center faculty directors Vicki Been, Ingrid Gould Ellen, and Kathy O’Regan recently released “ Supply Skepticism Revisited ”, highlighting the latest rigorous research that draws out the nuanced effects housing supply has on housing affordability. 16 hosted at the NYU School of Law.

Housing 115

Housing Legislation Development Community Development 115

AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The Open Source Creation of the Year Award celebrates government organizations that embody open government through the development of open source solutions. The Open Source Adaptation of the Year Award honors government organizations that have made great strides in reusing open source solutions.

Government 246

Government Public Sector Public Service Development 246

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

I started reading Crain's Detroit Business and both Warren--home to GM's technical engineering operations, and Livonia--primarily a community of residential housing, are both either developing or considering the development of downtowns. -- " Warren resurrects plans to develop a downtown " -- " Livonia wants to build a downtown.

Housing 52

Housing Economic Development Development Operations 52

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Housing costs and supply are dominating the news at the moment. Housing is the highest monthly bill typical Americans face, reaching an average of $1674 a month in 2021. Housing prices have increased far faster than incomes (Miller 2015), making affordable homeownership inaccessible for many aspiring homeowners (Hackett et al.

Housing 93

Housing Local Government Community Development Laws 93

First State Insights

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Sean O'Neill, Policy Scientist at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA) speaks to Dionna Sargent, Vice President of Community Development at Cinnaire, about affordable housing, community development, and the Black Lives Matter Movement. This interview was recorded on September 1, 2020.

Housing 52

Housing Community Development Public Administration Development 52

AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

I founded SibsForever in August 2020. I decided to develop and deploy the SibsForever application on AWS for two main reasons. Amazon Simple Storage Service ( Amazon S3 ) acts as extensible and robust storage for housing user-uploaded photos and videos, user-entered stories, and journal entries persisted by the application.

Nonprofit 246

Nonprofit Public Sector Social Media Advocacy 246

AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

In May 2020, Maakestad began looking for a solution to support NU’s students through this crisis and beyond. The AWS Cloud allows us to scale our resources up or down based on our customers’ business needs,” said Gage Castro, senior developer at ConcernCenter.

Public Sector 246

Public Sector Education Security Management 246

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

OCTOBER 19, 2023

These two Banks are diving into issues such as housing affordability and the rural/urban divide in the Southeastern U.S. Beyond its many financial and economic responsibilities, one of the stated key functions of the system is to promote community development through the regional Federal Reserve Banks. White Furniture, Mebane, N.C.

Housing 90

Housing Economic Development Community Development Development 90

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MARCH 31, 2023

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. behind Florida & Texas) – largely due to international migration rebounding a couple years after COVID shut it down in 2020-2021.

Social Media 81

Social Media Economic Development Housing Local Government 81

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JANUARY 13, 2023

The authors find evidence that average eviction filing rates were consistently higher in public housing than in other types of subsidized housing in the pre-pandemic period (2016-2019). This suggests that public housing agencies may rely on eviction filings as a rent collection strategy. Background and Context.

Housing 52

Housing Accountability Development Management 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 14, 2023

New York City’s least-dense community districts are permitting new housing at lower rates compared to the rest of the city, raising questions for policymakers over how to achieve fair and equitable housing growth across a broad range of neighborhood types, according to a recent report from the NYU Furman Center.

Engagement 115

Engagement Housing Laws Advocacy 115

Center for Community Progress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Each community cohort also receive a $10,000 grant to develop and execute their own creative placemaking projects. The 2020-2021 CRF Cycle The 2020-2021 Community Revitalization Fellowship included grassroots community leaders from Fitchburg, Massachusetts; Montgomery, Alabama; and Reading, Pennsylvania.

Grassroots 52

Grassroots Engagement Housing Community Engagement 52

AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

For nearly a year, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has supported SMAs with in-house Medicaid expertise to identify unwinding issues and develop solutions to address them. Scenario 1: The Medicaid agency sends a letter to Martha’s house using the address they have on file. She misses the letter and doesn’t respond in time. Scenario 3.

Outreach 130

Outreach Public Sector Engagement Constituents 130

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Vacant house and lots in the Larimer neighborhood. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has an article, " Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods pay the price for abandoned and decrepit homes ," about how Pittsburgh's lower income neighborhoods suffer from serious housing disinvestment. Better off segments have the money to maintain aging houses.

Housing 52

Housing Community Development Development Economic Development 52

GovLoop

MAY 1, 2024

Since then, agencies including the Department of Defense (DoD) have developed their own policies to implement those goals. DoD based its 2020 data strategy on eight guiding principles that can serve as a useful model for other organizations in creating their own policies. Here are ways to carry out each principle.

Housing 52

Housing Stewardship Security Management 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 28, 2024

A property tax exemption in New York City is necessary to make rental housing development financially feasible across the city’s varied markets, according to a new policy brief by the NYU Furman Center. A significant portion of New York City’s newly built housing has relied upon a 421-a exemption.

Housing 64

Housing Coordinator Development Security 64

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 5, 2024

Four years after the pandemic began in March 2020, much of daily life has returned to normal; mask mandates have been lifted, people gather in large numbers for concerts and conferences, and the unemployment rate has returned to pre-pandemic levels. Source: SWAA Work-from-home flexibility has also influenced residential choices.

Accountability 84

Accountability Housing 84

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 7, 2022

To riff off this, there are five other elements at a minimum that matter a lot, that cities aren't budgeting or planning for, if their central business districts become meccas for housing: public safety. Or some housing on top of retail. Not mixed commercial use. Lawrence ," case study). Rec-reating Downtown.

Public Safety 52

Public Safety Parks And Recreation Housing Campaign 52

Center for Community Progress

MAY 18, 2023

Creative placemaking is the practice of enhancing a neighborhood’s quality of life through arts, culture, and intentional community development. This practice can take many forms, like visual art installations , performance events , developing permanent brick-and-mortar spaces , and more. Creative placemaking is community-driven.

Economic Development 94

Economic Development Engagement Public Health Development 94

AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 14, 2023

This is guest post written by Jennings Anderson, research scientist at Meta, with Mike Jeffe, a technical business development manager on the Open Data Team at Amazon Web Services (AWS). However, not every contribution is compatible with the specific use cases of some companies, which is why the maps team at Meta developed Daylight Map.

Public Sector 246

Public Sector Disaster Response Campaign Coordinator 246

Bang the Table

APRIL 22, 2022

With the British government’s social housing white paper published just a few weeks prior, social housing provider Catalyst ® launched The Garden – an online community platform that enables tenant participation and provides real-time customer feedback. We wanted to develop an online community. – Greek Proverb.

Housing 52

Housing Engagement Communications Regulations 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

2011 Doors Open Toronto Guide ) But Open House New York Weekend is increasingly a big deal. The Dixieland Trail was an automobile route organized and promoted by the travel divisions and state development boards of Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The Toronto Star even publishes an event guide.

Parks And Recreation 97

Parks And Recreation Coordinator Budgeting Housing 97

GovLoop

JULY 27, 2023

The number jumped in 2020 and 2021 (the most recent year for which stats are available), first because of COVID restrictions and then staffing shortages. In 2019, the average visit time was 13 minutes, 4 seconds.

Constituents 98

Constituents Engagement Housing Management 98

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In Brooklyn and parts of Queens, rent is at least 10 to 15 percent higher than it was in March 2020.) From the article: THE TYPICAL TRAJECTORY for an urban arts community goes something like this: A couple of creative types set up shop in a neighborhood bypassed by development. Suitable spaces are passed down, sublet, shared in secret.

Nonprofit 52

Nonprofit Community Development Housing Voting 52

Let's Talk Parks

AUGUST 22, 2021

While I’m a certified park nerd (trademark pending), I wouldn’t recommend learning code for developing your intranet. Wish List = Are there policies that you know you *should* have, but you haven’t quite gotten around to developing it? YOUR priority is to organize, consolidate, and develop your portal – that’s enough, don’t you think?

Parks And Recreation 130

Parks And Recreation Local Government Development Advocacy 130

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 4, 2024

Introduction In November of last year, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) published a report 1 (the Report) recommending reforms for the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) System. 5 The similar key behaviors exhibited by both F&F and the FHLBanks should not come as a surprise. mortgage originations. the legislation establishing them).

Legislation 93

Legislation Housing Regulations Operations 93

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 3, 2023

Once home to a Neiman-Marcus department store, now closed, it's going to be torn down and redeveloped into retail and housing. WTOP reports that DC and MoCo are working to create a business improvement district to help improve the area (" Friendship Heights BID? DC and Montgomery Co. are working on it ").

Housing 52

Housing Management Urban Planning Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2024

about the importance of CapitalOne Arena on the development of Downtown's East End. Fort Worth Star-Telegram ). I argued it would have happened anyway. said "no, the Arena has had significant impact." The reality is that he was right (" More sports: sports-anchored entertainment districts and LA Live."

Public Safety 52

Public Safety Budgeting Housing Development 52

iGrantWriters

JULY 7, 2021

The first round of HSII grants from the 2020 funding opportunity announcement received a number of very strong applications and the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) was not able to support all promising projects. The cooperative agreements will have an 18-month project period.

Nonprofit 40

Nonprofit Education Implementation Housing 40

CRA Today

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Maximize the Reporting of Community Development Activities; 2. Maximize the Reporting of Community Development Activities. Oftentimes, large (for CRA purposes) banks overlook transactions, such as loans and investments, that could qualify for consideration as community development activities. Conduct a Self-Assessment; and.

Community Development 52

Community Development Development Economic Development Supervision 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Since 2003, when I was on the board of H Street Main Street, and advocating that the group create a housing growth strategy in its retail trade area, I suggested that the RFK parking lots, especially along Benning Road, should be converted to housing and mixed use development. Other areas too.)

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Development Economic Development Voting 52

Partnership for Public Service

AUGUST 23, 2023

residents believe the 2020 census questions about race and ethnicity represent their identity “very well.”  Advancing federal race and ethnicity data standards  Federal agencies have collected data about race and ethnicity based on uniform standards since the development of Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 in 1977.

Budgeting 40

Budgeting Laws Public Service Housing 40

CRA Today

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Are you one of the 95 percent of banks that are underreporting community development loans under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)? SHOWNOTES: Community Development Loans Demystified with Krista Shonk, VP & Senior Counsel, Regulatory Compliance and Policy, Fair & Responsible Banking, ABA.

Community Development 52

Community Development Development Accountability Nonprofit 52