Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 24, 2022

From the article: During a worsening housing affordability crisis, New York City landlords are keeping tens of thousands of rent-stabilized units off the market — a phenomenon tenant activists call “warehousing.” The Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (HSTPA) repealed both vacancy bonuses and vacancy decontrol.

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First State Insights

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In her current role, Katelyn leads LiveOn NY’s policy, advocacy, and communications efforts on issues related to affordable senior housing, senior centers, home-delivered meals, home care, and other services for older New Yorkers. Opening and closing music: "I Dunno" by Grapes, used under Creative Commons 3.0

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Librarian.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks to reporters. “In September of 2021, we saw a 60% increase in challenges year to year from the previous year,” Vermont doesn’t get as many of these challenges but they do get some. — Angie Manfredi (@misskubelik) November 3, 2021. It recommends.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JANUARY 15, 2022

Despite the existence of CEEFPA and additional tenant protections that include the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program (“CERAP”) and the Tenant Safe Harbor Act , there was never a complete moratorium on eviction cases proceeding through the New York City Housing Court.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JUNE 22, 2023

Why you need a consultant for AI advice Most organisations do not have the experience and skills in-house to navigate these ethical systems and bias challenges associated with implementing AI. We argue here that ethical systems for AI are a must for your business. Finally, it provides quality and security assurance for its customers.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

After a slow start in New York relative to states that did not use a legislative process to create new rental assistance programs, recent reports indicate an acceleration of obligations and disbursements of Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) funds. As of August 31, 2021, only about 11 percent ($300,473,917) of the $2.7

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 17, 2022

Only the General Assembly is authorized to create property tax exemptions, and when that legislative body creates exemptions they must apply uniformly across the state. One idea proposed by housing advocates is to modify the “circuit breaker” residential tax exclusion so that it benefits more taxpayers. 4% of $30,000 is $1,200.

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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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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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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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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JANUARY 27, 2022

Across the country, policymakers are dealing with the impact of exclusionary zoning practices that have created barriers to housing supply and restricted access to high-opportunity neighborhoods for low-income families. The median rent of a housing unit in Westchester County increased by roughly 2.5 percent to 19.2

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Partnership for Public Service

JUNE 15, 2023

Since 2021, the administration has issued directives to support LBGTQ+ employees in the federal workforce, empowering them to use their lived experience to inform better policymaking on behalf of a group historically underserved by—and excluded from—our government. Fortunately, the Biden administration is working to turn the tide.

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Bang the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In November 2021, the United States House of Representatives and Senate passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal of new federal investment in America’s infrastructure. The Legislation Within the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal. Transportation and Bridge Funding.

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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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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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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

AUGUST 2, 2023

State and local policymakers around the country are working to address America’s severe housing shortage, by considering, and implementing, a wide range of policies in the hopes of increasing housing supply. These policies range from substantive revisions to zoning codes to procedural reforms to the land use approval process.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2023

I write that for the most part, DC's legislators have it pretty good. But the fact is that Congress does have the final authority on approving local legislation, even though the DC Home Rule Act of 1973 pretty much created local control of local governance.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JULY 30, 2024

on Treasury and Federal Housing Finance Agency Action to Protect Financial Markets and Taxpayers” announcing that the GSEs had just been placed into conservatorship, in which he referenced “…the inherent conflict and flawed business model embedded in the GSE structure…” See [link]. Paulson, Jr.

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