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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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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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The War on Inflation & its Costs

The Lowe Down

It’s plausible that based on this narrow definition of inflation, we can say that the worst is probably behind us. But this narrow definition is dissociated from the experience of the consumer. New “super-core” measures have frequently excluded housing as it too has become decoupled from likely future price rises.

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Episode 71: CRA Tips: CRA Services-What exactly does the provision of financial services mean?

CRA Today

Here, we cover the updated definition of the provision of financial services to expand eligible community development service activities. To qualify a community development service, it has to have a primary purpose of community development, be offered on behalf of the bank, and must be related to the provision of financial services.

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How Can Agencies Mitigate Risks of Using AI?

GovLoop

And the overwhelmingly bipartisan law established a new working group charged with adopting a Connecticut-specific AI bill of rights based on a White House AI Bill of Rights blueprint. Among other objectives, the working group will make recommendations for additional AI legislation.

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