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.

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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 The Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (HSTPA) repealed both vacancy bonuses and vacancy decontrol.

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The Lowe Down

JUNE 8, 2023

Article by Armine Kardashyan and Weston Crewe Days before the US was expected to have its first ever default, Congressional Republicans and the White House negotiated a deal that lifted the debt ceiling and cut government spending. One significant source of uncertainty is new legislation changing taxes, benefits, and other fiscal obligations.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 28, 2024

A property tax exemption in New York City is necessary to make rental housing development financially feasible across the city’s varied markets, according to a new policy brief by the NYU Furman Center. A significant portion of New York City’s newly built housing has relied upon a 421-a exemption.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 11, 2024

Introduction The Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) System 1 is a relatively unknown but important part of America’s housing and financial system, with over $1 trillion in assets. It was established by Congress in 1932 and today consists of 11 regional FHLBanks that operate as one system, cross-guaranteeing each other’s debts.

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GovLoop

APRIL 21, 2023

They can be very helpful: Using artificial intelligence (AI), ADM systems assist or replace human efforts to make potentially life-altering decisions related to public benefits, policing, housing, health care, immigration, education, emergency response, child welfare and other concerns.

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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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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MARCH 3, 2023

Your US Senators and Representatives create the federal legislation that leads to grant programs. Each year they help set the federal appropriations bills for the 26 federal departments (including the Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Education, Housing and Urban Development Department, and Department of Justice).

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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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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. Photo: David Jackson, Park Record. I think that's reasonable.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 20, 2023

Introduction The United States is in the midst of a severe shortage of affordable housing for low-and-middle-income (LMI) families as both home prices and rents have climbed faster than household income for many years, particularly during the pandemic. with a much higher market share of 14 percent in rural geographies.

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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)

APRIL 10, 2025

This report—produced by the NYU Furman Center and the Urban Institute’s Housing Justice team—uses a mix of public and proprietary data to better understand where those vulnerabilities might lie in New York City. 6 At the same time, the City’s Zoning Resolution (ZR) continues to evolve in response to housing needs.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MAY 31, 2023

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator and conservator of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), has been very prominently in the news lately. The changes then became the subject of hearings and legislation in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to reverse the changes.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 11, 2023

Strengthening the city around buildings with meaning and architectural character is the way to go (" Urbanism obituaries, 2022 | Death clusters of people, buildings and organizations as an indicator of institutional failure "). So I was surprised to see it recognized in a recent article.

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

Comprehensive policies, processes, and in some cases legislation must be put in place to make sure it is protected. His performance and data analytics model has helped the city of Stockton to rank in the top 10 in WalletHub’s “Best Run Cities in California” and 80th in Resonance Consulting’s “America’s Best Cities” in 2022.

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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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Policy Chats

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

His interests include questions of democracy, representation, identity and ethnicity, public opinion, legislative politics, Cuban-American and LGBT politics. His interests include questions of democracy, representation, identity and ethnicity, public opinion, legislative politics, Cuban-American and LGBT politics.

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Policy Chats

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

His interests include questions of democracy, representation, identity and ethnicity, public opinion, legislative politics, Cuban-American and LGBT politics. His interests include questions of democracy, representation, identity and ethnicity, public opinion, legislative politics, Cuban-American and LGBT politics.

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Policy Chats

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

His interests include questions of democracy, representation, identity and ethnicity, public opinion, legislative politics, Cuban-American and LGBT politics. The interesting thing about this upcoming election is that if there was ever an election where the incumbent party is likely to hold their seats, it's probably 2022.”. -

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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. decision ," Washington Post ).

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Partnership for Public Service

JUNE 15, 2023

It took the White House until 1995 to issue an executive order stating that the government would not do so. Due in part to this directive, the percentage of federal employees who identify as LGBTQ+ has grown in recent years—from less than 6% in 2020 to almost 7% in 2022.

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Partnership for Public Service

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Whether the parties controlling the Senate and the White House are the same or different has not been the main factor. And, in an era of increased partisanship, minority members have taken advantage of those powers, using legislative procedures such as anonymous holds and delays in committees to slow the process. Through Sept.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

This means the current administration has the power to make changes in GSE mortgage programs and policies that could materially impact large numbers of current and prospective homeowners, as well as the mortgage and housing industries. First, the White House can tell the FHFA what to do in as much detail as it chooses.

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