AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

At AWS re:Invent 2022, I connected with inspiring customers around the world who are using the cloud to drive innovation in government, education, nonprofit, space, and healthcare. Organizations no longer need special hardware or in-house expertise to reap the benefits. In 2021, the space industry grew at its fastest pace in years.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

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. October 2022. Follow us on twitter or facebook to receive regular updates. Last month’s edition of “What @sog_ced is reading….”

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

The UMBS makes up 70 percent of the total MBS market in the US and was established in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to provide stability, liquidity, and resiliency in the US housing market. CSS delivers an industry-critical function and is regulated by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Plus, CSS realized $10.7

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

Across the country, more than 5 million low-income Americans rely on housing choice vouchers to help cover their housing costs. Across the country, more than 5 million low-income Americans rely on housing choice vouchers to help cover their housing costs.

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Center for Community Progress

JULY 18, 2022

On June 15, more than 900 people joined us for the 2022 VAD Academy —a day-long virtual bootcamp for professionals and community partners whose work and communities are impacted by vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated (VAD) property challenges. Identify untapped market potential to build stronger housing markets.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

OCTOBER 1, 2022

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. Developer selected by City; universities have option of ownership interest. Developer selected by City; universities have option of ownership interest.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

According to the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), as of October 11, 2022, the US has sustained 15 weather/climate disaster events, with losses exceeding $1 billion each, the deaths of 342 people, and significant economic effects on the areas impacted. In Varnado’s estimation, custom development was key.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

These posts are meant to inform local governments about current conditions facing private developers and development projects in their communities. In the months leading up to the Fed’s announcement, commercial real estate developers continued to report project delays caused by high interest rates. See Figure 1. link] [2] St.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MARCH 27, 2024

Housing Choice Vouchers are a critical source of funding for North Carolina’s lowest income renters to access affordable housing. 1] The program works by requiring voucher holders to pay a third of their income, while HUD covers the remaining portion of the housing costs.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

India has one of the largest developer user bases in the world and the third largest startup network. This network is augmented and supported by large scale government programs like the National Skills Development Center ( NSDC ). And, in 2022 alone, AWS created 1,000 jobs in Singapore.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MAY 25, 2023

NYU Furman Center Releases State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods in 2022 We are thrilled to announce the release of the comprehensive report the State of New York City's Housing and Neighborhoods in 2022.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

OCTOBER 31, 2022

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. See also Maureen Berner’s post on mobile homes as a significant source of affordable housing in NC. September 2022. unc.live/3SEV3f6.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

According to IBM’s annual data breach report, 83 percent of organizations experienced more than one data breach in 2022. Between 2016 – 2022, US K-12 schools experienced 1,619 publicly disclosed cyberattacks, with 80 percent of school IT professionals reporting a ransomware attack in 2022.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Projects relying on the 421-a completion extension in tandem with Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) are expected to deliver both more housing and deeper affordability to several neighborhoods across the city, according to a recent data analysis by the NYU Furman Center. Uneven development patterns continue.

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Microsoft Public Sector

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Announcing New Teams Developer Portal for GCC. Teams Developer Portal for GCC will allow developers to Configure, distribute, and manage Microsoft Teams apps. Formerly App Studio, the Developer Portal can help wherever you are in your Microsoft Teams app development journey. Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 85629.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

AUGUST 31, 2022

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. Port City Daily reports on ARPA rule change that clears the way for loans for affordable housing, enabling new development in Wilmington.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

DECEMBER 30, 2022

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. DFI in the news: UNC DFI helps Buncombe County consider whether their downtown assets might be repurposed for affordable housing: bit.ly/3ugHBDC.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JANUARY 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. December 2022 Follow us on twitter or facebook to receive regular updates. 3WU8oSU Last month’s edition of “What @sog_ced is reading….”

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

North Carolina suffers from a lack of affordable housing options for low and moderate income households. In a May 2022 post , Tyler outlined many of the ways in which North Carolina’s local governments can aid the development of privately owned affordable housing.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Personally, I don't see the bridge park as a likely high velocity augur of gentrification because it isn't located near housing, on either side of the river. And that's my criticism of cities (and DC) and housing policy more generally. We were prepared to sell the house at market rate.” It will be a trek to get to.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 27, 2025

From the article: These projects also set dangerous precedents, providing a formula for both developers and city officials, desperate to revive their sagging downtowns. Called public-private partnerships, they were in fact publicly subsidized private developments. We argue about house flippers--most do a bad job.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MARCH 31, 2022

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. UNC Dept of City and Regional Planning faculty Nichola Lowe describes the institutional supports for workforce development in NC. February 2022.

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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.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Recently, I thought about demolition of historic buildings in cities like Detroit as deaths, and that they were worthy of a listing in my annual article on "Urbanism-related Obituaries (2022)." Readers have called our attention to the book, Homelessness is a Housing Problem , which I haven't yet tracked down ("S," Seattle Times ).

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 12, 2023

In San Diego County, California, for every 10 homeless people who found housing in the last year, 13 more people became homeless. The 2022 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Homeless Assessment Report found that there were 582,462 people experiencing homelessness on a single night in January 2022.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 21, 2024

A problem on Market East and in Philadelphia, they said, is the city government only contemplates the future in response to developers’ wishes. Similarly, a school in her neighborhood is closing and she suggests it become a library, even though it's a good site for multiunit housing, when the main library is just a few miles away.

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CRA Today

APRIL 9, 2024

Marisa Calderon’s Bio and Experience Marisa Calderon is an experienced executive who is regularly recognized, awarded and cited nationwide for her expertise in the housing and financial services industries. Marisa Calderon is the executive director at NCRC Community Development Fund (NCRC CDF), a nonprofit, U.S.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The UK government’s Roadmap for digital and data 2022-2025 acknowledges the challenge that legacy IT poses. Factors that shape legacy IT Whether in the private or public sector, legacy modernization is challenging for organizations that have a long operating history reliant on in-house systems and applications.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 27, 2024

It's in NYC, so of course it's larger than the project in other cities (" Inwood development with public library and 100% affordable housing opens ," 6sqft). In " Opposition to affordable housing in Chevy Chase, DC ," last year I wrote about a proposal to rebuild the Chevy Chase Community Center to include affordable housing.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JUNE 30, 2022

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. DFI in the news: DFI project yields 50 new affordable housing units in downtown Rocky Mount. Developer Woda Cooper breaks ground on $9.4M

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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.

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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.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 29, 2022

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. DFI in the news: Buncombe County engages DFI to create affordable housing: bit.ly/3rZJxzz. March 2022. Triangle Business Journal: bit.ly/3kf9l6L.

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Peak Proposals

MARCH 23, 2022

March 23, 2022 Style guides are reference documents that writers and editors use to ensure consistency within and across publications or materials. For a proposal style guide, the guide covers in-house style rules and any supplemental style guidance provided by the funder. Grant proposals also need style guides. But how do you do this?

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 31, 2022

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. April 2022. Follow us on twitter or facebook to receive regular updates. Chapel Hill example offered: bit.ly/3wfvUO6.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 23, 2023

-- High rates and prices make it less affordable to own a home in Canada , Royal Bank of Canada In some markets, 80% to 102% of median income is required to own and maintain a house. One group can't afford housing at today's prices. OTOH, in the US the Wall Street Journal reports on " The Rise of the Forever Renters."

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

To help support these members who have made a significant sacrifice, AWS is collaborating with the Fisher House Foundation (FHF) , an international nonprofit established to improve the quality of life for members of the military, veterans, and their families. Training and skills development for the military community. Army veteran.

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