The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

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). In other words, vote totals in the next election are now visibly in play.

Advocacy 101

Advocacy Housing Regulations Legislation 101

Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

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. In classic accounts, the problem of achieving effective coordination within movements was so great as to be central to the structuring of activism (Vragra, 2013).

Social Media 40

Social Media Sustainability Communications Grassroots 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

I and many activists were against public funding, but it happened anyway. Rather than adamantly saying "no," I came to realize that since advocates mostly lose out on such initiatives--except if the city or state requires a public vote--we should be focusing on mitigating the problems from such facilities and increasing the benefits.

Transportation 52

Transportation Parks And Recreation Economic Development Urban Planning 52

Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 12, 2016

The Chief Digital Officer Jason Goldman for the Obama administration published to his Medium account “[the] American people will see a multi-platform streaming and social broadcast of the State of the Union that reflects the ways people experience live events in 2016. We’ll be reaching people where they are?—?and

Social Media 40

Social Media Housing Engagement Accountability 40

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

The second strand is my continuing investment in the patient slog that is public sector and public policy reform, in this case informed by following the work of Jennifer Pahlka. From protecting civil rights to counting the votes, it’s hard to imagine a stable democratic future without the machinery of modern government.

Regulations 59

Regulations Public Sector Government Constituents 59