Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MARCH 31, 2023

(behind Florida & Texas) – largely due to international migration rebounding a couple years after COVID shut it down in 2020-2021. link] Other CED Items: NYT reports on how local governments are reconsidering parking requirements; there are currently 7 spaces available for every car in the U.S.

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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. Concerns about affordable housing provide a wonderful example. Rural NC house in need of repair. with localized data and analysis and have valuable information NC CED professionals can use.

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GovLoop

JULY 26, 2024

That March, for example, more than 1,000 people marched from the White House to the U.S. 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. The passage of the ADA was preceded by years of activism and advocacy-group efforts.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 18, 2023

It works in tandem with other strategies for neighborhood revitalization, such as housing preservation or development , economic development , and resident-serving programs. Creative placemaking engages residents, business owners, and local leaders to inform what the place can or should be. Creative placemaking is community-driven.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Zendesk has helped the Georgia Housing Voucher Program (GHVP) adopt an omnichannel approach to customer service. GHVP is a $24 million state- funded program providing permanent supportive housing for individuals with psychiatric disabilities who are experiencing homelessness. More Engagement, More Trust. A Study in Complexity.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The second cohort of the county's Community Planning Lab wrapped up last month after the class spent weeks learning about urban development and design, planning and zoning, public engagement, affordable housing, transportation, land use and more. Citizen engaged planning practice. Photo: David Jackson, Park Record.

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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. The team cut the online prices $5.00 below those of a visit to a branch, and online volume shot up,” the institute found.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Some time ago, I learned about how the LA Police Department in association with the Housing Authority, created what they called a community safety partnership, to put officers full time in high crime housing projects. Parks conservancies as more engaged parks managers. Engaging the community in positive activities is crucial.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Welcome to the 'riskscape' On one day in July 2021 fires devastated large areas of Sardinia, flooding occurred for the second time in two weeks in London and I received a message from research colleagues in Germany that read "the institute was quite destroyed and many colleagues have suffered tremendous damage to their houses." Kendon, M.,

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The housing market has just experienced one of the largest upcycles in history. First, house prices increased by 57 percent 1 over the nearly nine years from their post-financial crisis bottom (2011 Q2) through the last quarter before the pandemic (2020 Q1). This rapid ascent was driven by multiple factors.

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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. on Treasury and Federal Housing Finance Agency Action to Protect Financial Markets and Taxpayers,” September 7, 2008.

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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. Engages in productive partnerships across programs, agencies, and jurisdictions.

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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.) The next stage for Equinox is to become more of a nonprofit arts community development corporation, like Jubilee Housing of Baltimore, which does both studio development and housing.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Early on cities had public restrooms and baths because much of housing did not. As bathrooms became more prevalent in housing and as local government budgets declined and demands increased, provision of public restrooms was one of the first services to be eliminated. This is common for many cities--no public restrooms.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 18, 2022

The reports on Uvalde make clear just how poorly every single tripwire that might have prevented the shooting functioned. -- " Not that I want to defend management failure and unnecessary death, but that was an outcome determined by a corrupt system ," 2020. I don't know what to think about this.

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GovLoop

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Benjamin is a licensed attorney, with nearly twenty years of experience with complex civil and criminal litigation and as in-house GovTech counsel. Charlotte strives to stay involved in modernization initiatives for the House of Representatives, where she feels technology can strengthen democracy.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 30, 2023

If we’re going to have societal impact,” he said, “we have to be engaged in the communities and help them achieve their desires and dreams.” In August [2022], the hospital system opened its affordable housing project Vía Sana in Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood. The $800 million complex at 3750 S. Revitalization effect, not much.

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CRA Today

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Identifying community development loans requires many internal stakeholders within the bank and this episode highlights a solid approach to engage commercial lenders in identifying loans that are hidden within their portfolios and their loan pipelines. Committed to transforming communities through the power of economic development and CRA.

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Death and Taxes

JULY 21, 2021

Based on the real monthly updates on the Florida state and county unemployment rates in 2020, we estimated each county’ unemployment rate in 2021 and 2022 to forecast the revenue impact for FY 2022 and FY 2023. His scholarship focuses on state and local public finance, budgeting and financial management.

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CRA Today

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Once you identify these priorities, it is valuable to engag e the bank ’ s board of directors and senior management in order to understand their rating expectations. This ensures they understand the four cornerstones of community development: (1) A ffordable housing; (2) C ommunity services; (3) E conomic development; and. (4)

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 3, 2023

Manufactured housing (MH) has recently taken on a high profile among affordable housing advocates, including in the Biden administration. As a result, the search for ideas to increase the usage of MH has been building given the critical affordable housing shortage that has grown for many reasons over at least the last decade.

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zencity

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Conference of Mayors in Washington DC: though it’s been two years since this many mayors gathered in one place, mayors are just as thoughtful, passionate and well-dressed as they were in 2020, before our world shut down. Building a community engagement strategy. Start your community engagement process NOW. Think about equity.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

Introduction The high level of closing costs has been placed onto housing policy’s front burner by two recent events. This could significantly increase affordability, especially for FTHBs, and make housing transactions generally more cost-effective for both buyers and sellers. 3 In the modern era, U.S. labor force of 168 million.

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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. – Greek Proverb. What executive priorities were you looking to address?

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Partnership for Public Service

MAY 22, 2023

Last month, the White House issued a proclamation that established May as Mental Health Awareness Month. Federal employee mental health issues on the rise The Office of Personnel Management has been urging federal agencies and leaders to improve their mental health resources for employees since 2020.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2023

The average guarantee fee (G-fee) of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), who currently finance about half of the nearly $13 trillion of outstanding first-lien single-family mortgages in the country, 1 is among the most closely-watched numbers by housing finance policymakers and the mortgage lending industry.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 9, 2022

So it's the "entertainment city" idea but extending it to many more elements, making work and other spaces "more fun," engaging and active. The FT article mentions the Prudential Center in Boston, calling attention to how the first two floors of the building are set up to be open and connected and engaging-- shopping and food.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 26, 2024

Sugar House Park, Salt Lake City. This is something parks planners should pay attention to as well. -- Retailers are investing in lifestyle activations and experiential spaces because they offer unique and immersive experiences that attract and engage customers. Plan for time of day and day of the week sure.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

OCTOBER 11, 2022

It’s never been easier to engage with specialist AI/ML companies to access a mass of talent and expertise who can either build you a bespoke model or provide a SaaS-like platform to make sense of and draw insight from your own or external data. In 2020, countries globally spent $1.9 Using emerging technologies to enhance defence.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Are there children in the house? ChopChop Family is an initiative promoting healthier eating for families, and greater engagement by children in preparing meals. They published a quarterly magazine, ChopChop. He compiled recipes into My Bread: The Revolutionary No-Work, No-Knead Method.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JULY 22, 2024

Introduction In April, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) officially solicited public comment on a proposal from Freddie Mac, one of the two large government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) it oversees, to begin a pilot program to finance closed-end second (CES) mortgages. It seems clear it would not.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2024

The third is preserving housing. I talked about this during the design process, and now that I am on the board of a park, I am proved right. There just aren't that many jobs. And my park is 110.5 Should have been addressed for decades. Plus the real problem in Anacostia is a broken micro-economy.

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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. “We need all hands on deck producing all housing.”

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Microsoft Public Sector

OCTOBER 29, 2024

To leverage this capability responsibly, the Executive Order on Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence (2019) and the Executive Order on Promoting the Use of Trustworthy AI in the Federal Government (2020) set the groundwork for AI governance.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

," (2013) Civic assets as a network The "change isn't that simple" entry discusses multiple cities with wide-ranging anchor project development with branding similarities to the "Signature Streets" proposal. Other cities have differently named similar organizations. Generally, they have the power to weigh in on matters before government bodies.

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Partnership for Public Service

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Partnership formally launched its Center for Presidential Transition in 2016, and since then, we have sought new ways to engage the public, presidential candidates and their teams about this critical but often taken-for-granted process. Wilson in affiliation with the Partnership, is now on sale.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In non-emergency situations, local government housing loans are authorized “only when the planning, construction, and financing of residential housing is not otherwise available to ‘persons and families of low income’” due to “the inability of private enterprise and investment, without assistance, to meet that need.” 29, 49, 50 (1970).

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