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Public housing administration as a measure of government (in)competence

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DC received a scathing report from HUD about the failures in managing the city's public housing stock of 8,000 units, 25%--2,000-are vacant because most are uninhabitable (" D.C. Housing Authority’s leadership is failing, HUD report says ," Washington Post ). Council votes for $8 billion Medicaid contracts, housing overhaul ," Post ).

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Programming for Success in Parks and Recreation

Let's Talk Parks

So, yes, that’s definitely where I got started with parts recreation and after school programs. So our admin office house here, along with other recreation programs as well. So definitely one way to determine what way you want to offer those programs. So one of the programs that we developed was a digital media account.

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Buckhead District of Atlanta looks to secede from Atlanta

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It accounts for 38% of the city's tax revenue. Definitely counter to my call for cities and counties to merge, to create bigger, more viable polities. The House may oppose, but unlikely. It's competitive with Downtown for commercial property location and development. So its leaving would cripple the city economically.

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Local Government Support for Privately Owned Affordable Housing

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

By most accounts, the need for affordable housing across North Carolina is massive. According to 2019 census data, over a million North Carolina households are “cost burdened,” meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on housing. What can local governments do to address the need for more affordable housing ?

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2023 Roundup: Federal Policy Developments in Neighborhood Revitalization 

Center for Community Progress

FHA Improvements to the 203(k) Rehab Mortgage Program The 203(k) rehab mortgage program allows a person to buy a house that needs to be rehabbed or modernized by consolidating the finance of the home purchase and cost of rehabilitation through a single mortgage. It also lets homeowners finance the rehabilitation of their existing home. 

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Aligning the Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS with UK National Cyber Security Centre guidance

AWS Public Sector Blog

With this solution, customers with highly-regulated workloads and complex compliance requirements can better manage and govern their multi-account environment. Organisations should consider enabling multi-factor authentication (MFA) to protect these highly privileged accounts. userIdentity.userName = "breakGlassUser0*") && ($.userIdentity.invokedBy

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Opportunities to Connect Urban Conservation and Vacant Land Stewardship

Center for Community Progress

According to the National Land Bank Networks 2023 State of Land Banking Survey, vacant lots account for 86 percent of all land bank properties and half of all survey respondents listed vacant land stewardship as one of their top priorities. In response to our question, What is missing from the definition of conservancy?