Policy Chats

MARCH 11, 2024

She currently serves as Chair of the California Latino Legislative Caucus, leading a record-breaking 35 legislative members, which also includes a historic number of 21 Latinas. Kennedy School of Government. That means it dilutes the Latino voting power and their capacity to elect a representative of their choice.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

DECEMBER 9, 2022

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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iGrantWriters

JULY 7, 2021

In this instance, the term State agency means 1) the State educational agency; and 2) any other agency of the State which has been designated by the Governor or other appropriate executive or legislative authority of the State and approved by USDA to administer the above-mentioned program. Deadline to Apply August 29, 2021

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iGrantWriters

JULY 7, 2021

Territories that administer the School Breakfast Program or provide any other school breakfast to students and have been designated by the Governor or other appropriate executive or legislative authority of the State and approved by USDA to administer such program. Deadline to Apply August 29, 2021 In this instance, the following U.S.

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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. That question is one of policy, not law, and the School of Government is neutral on issues of policy. Let’s work through an example of the circuit breaker math.

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Laws Local Government Housing Legislation 40

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JANUARY 15, 2022

There are currently three laws staying, or temporarily halting, evictions for tenants in New York City: the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act (“CEEFPA”), the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program (“CERAP”), and the Tenant Safe Harbor Act.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 5, 2024

Legislators haven’t seriously considered measures to discourage drinking, and voters expanded access to alcohol in grocery stores. Experts say raising state alcohol taxes also would make more money available for programs aimed at preventing unhealthy drinking and to enforce the state’s liquor laws. That’s no coincidence, experts say.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In November 2021, President Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), officially known as the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act (IIJA), into law. This historic legislation delivers necessary infrastructure funding to cities, towns and villages across the US.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

” 4 Starting nearly half a century ago, antitrust law in the U.S. 23 There has even been legislation proposed in Congress to legally require the tri-merge report, 24 overriding the FHFA’s proposed reform. The FHFA, from its founding in 2008 to 2021, was an independent regulator. See [link]. 10 See [link]. See [link].

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JANUARY 27, 2022

The New York State Accessory Homes Act was introduced in February 2021 by New York State Senator Pete Harckham and Assembly Member Harvey Epstein to legalize the creation of accessory dwelling units statewide, in order to create more diverse and affordable housing options.

Housing 52

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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. 18] See the article from September 2018.

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Housing Advocacy Government Development 59

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

16 hosted at the NYU School of Law. percent of New York renters paid more than 30 percent of their income toward housing expenses—the threshold of being cost-burdened—in 2021. Kathy Hochul is also expected to try to pass housing legislation again in 2024 after her Housing Compact did not make headway in Albany last year.

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Government Technology Insider

MAY 12, 2022

Last year, on March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan into law. Among other important measures this piece of legislation seeks to fund critical programs to drive economic recovery and to make the temporary fixes permanent through investment in modernization.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

AUGUST 2, 2023

In response, Democrats in California and Massachusetts, Republicans in Utah and Montana, and city governments across the country have enacted legislation designed to address the barriers that restrict new housing development. Researchers found preliminary evidence that these laws had their intended effect. million units.

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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. This letter to the editor (" The D.C. I proudly wear my “51” hat.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JULY 30, 2024

I have also written on the inherent design flaw in F&F and the other GSEs embedded in their congressional legislation: see [link] and [link]. ]] For many years, this was considered the responsibility of Congress, which had established the GSEs by legislation – but Congress has never come close to agreeing on what changes would be needed.

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