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2024 Update: Local governments are closing the financial gap for affordable housing developments

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Earlier this month, DFI examined how local governments in North Carolina have stepped in to make new affordable housing construction economically viable after a historic increase in construction costs and elevated interest rates. The median development cost per unit remained steady at $250,000, more than 50% higher than in 2020.

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Developing the US cybersecurity workforce with CISA

AWS Public Sector Blog

Jen Easterly, United States Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency since 2021, poses for a portrait with Amazon Chief Security Officer Steve Schmidt, ahead of an event on business cyber security initiatives at Amazon on September 29, 2022 in Seattle. Photo by Daniel Berman/Amazon. 29, 2022 in Seattle. “We

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LocalGov Drupal on AWS serves as a digital transformation resource for local governments

AWS Public Sector Blog

In the UK, 44 local government bodies—called councils—use an open approach to share expertise and pool resources to transform their web publishing platforms using LocalGov Drupal. Our developer suggested making the code open source to benefit others who could, in turn, contribute to web builds.

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Recent Trends in Real Estate Development: Fall 2023

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

This blog post is the first in a regular series aimed at informing local government partners about current conditions facing private developers and development projects in their communities. In 2021, for example, a developer able to secure a $5 million loan with 3.5% With an interest rate of 8.5%

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State and Local Governments Must Develop a Multilayered Approach to Ransomware

State Tech Magazine

And in a 2021 survey, two-thirds of CISOs said they felt their organizations were at risk of falling victim to a successful… Not because ransomware has peaked — far from it — but because people now seem to realize hackers have found an attack type so lucrative that they’re going to keep using it again and again.

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The Top 10 Local Government Conferences of 2022

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It’s a new year, which means our team is here to share the local government conferences we’re most excited for in 2022. But before we do so, we want to quickly look back and reflect on 2021. Here are our top picks for those looking to make the most of the best 2022 local government conferences to attend.

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Housing is the highest monthly bill typical Americans face, reaching an average of $1674 a month in 2021. 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).

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