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Disaster Accountability Project

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

The Disaster Accountability Project was created to help coordinate nongovernmental organizational efforts. Soon after, Ben launched Disaster Accountability Project, an independent watchdog, to confront the root causes of the failed Katrina response and maximize the impact of billions of dollars of disaster relief and humanitarian aid.

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Long-term Disaster Resilience

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

The Disaster Accountability Project was created to help coordinate nongovernmental organizational efforts. Soon after, Ben launched Disaster Accountability Project, an independent watchdog, to confront the root causes of the failed Katrina response and maximize the impact of billions of dollars of disaster relief and humanitarian aid.

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What’s the deal with rural land banks? A Q&A with West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation Executive Director Taylor Bennett

Center for Community Progress

To account for these limitations, we’re seeing land banks step in as the property developer. However, because the person responsible for managing the land bank also works in these other areas, they bring that breadth of expertise to the table and can more efficiently coordinate with municipal and county government departments.

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The White House’s Focus on Closing Costs: Long Overdue and Worth the Fight (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

In Part 1 of this series, it was estimated that total closing costs for both buyer and seller accounted for at least 7 to 11 percent of the purchase price of a typical home, surpassing the average 6 to 7 percent down payment made by first-time homebuyers (FTHBs). Appraisals.

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Using Data to Prevent the Loss of Home Equity in New York City

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Queens and Brooklyn account for 88 percent of all at-risk homes (for data reasons, Staten Island is not included in our analysis). Table 1) Queens and Brooklyn account for 88 percent of all At-Risk and Higher Risk properties identified in our analysis. Queens and Brooklyn account for 88 percent of At-Risk and Higher Risk properties.

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

He specifically distinguishes social movements from political parties and advocacy groups. These pages, open to anyone with a Facebook account, include ‘friends’ not only from one’s home country or state, but from throughout the world. It doesn’t take long before thousands of Facebook users join these pages (Fieser, 2009).

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The State of Library Marketing in 2025: Survey Reveals New Obstacles and Frustrations

Super Library Marketing

An academic library marketer said, The university marketing department has completely shut down the library social media accounts and we cannot send mass emails. We are cultivating advocacy efforts among library student workers to use their own dept/program email groups to share library information.