Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 16, 2022

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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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 22, 2025

When I do searches for articles within the blog, I come across articles that remain in draft form, as I never got around to finishing them. So there is a current article in the Post (" Departing DC planner Harriet Tregoning hailed as 'forward-thinking public servant ") and a previous article in the City Paper (" Urbanista!:

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 2, 2023

The Washington Business Journal reports that in Arlington County, Virginia, Goodwill is working with the Arlington Housing Corporation, a nonprofit, to redevelop a store site where they will have their store on the ground floor, with affordable housing above. And the development doesn't look like it's affordable housing.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The following are articles and reports on the web that the Community and Economic Development Program at the UNC School of Government shared through social media over the past month. See also Maureen Berner’s post on mobile homes as a significant source of affordable housing in NC. unc.live/3SEV3f6. September 2022.

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Center for Community Progress

OCTOBER 9, 2023

But, as we’ll explain in this article, tax lien sales rarely fix the problem, nor lead to a vacant property being returned to productive use. After providing notice to the property owner of delinquency, many local governments have the power, granted in state law, to foreclose on unpaid property taxes. What is a tax lien?

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 10, 2023

A new Connecticut law , in particular, zeros in on agency AI dependence. 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. Beginning on Dec.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 22, 2024

In the New York Times article " Corruption, Sewage, Apathy: A Federal Watchdog on What He Saw at NYCHA ," the person who served as receiver for the New York City Housing Authority discusses his experience there. There is the regulatory, which is strictly numbers, the law, getting to the line without going over.

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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. According to a recent survey, 70% of U.S.

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Editor’s Note: This article was updated with new findings as of October 2024 from WRI’s Electric School Bus Data Dashboard, which is updated monthly and contains the most recent data on electric school bus adoption. Previous versions of this article are.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 8, 2022

A couple decades ago I saw a presentation at the National Building Museum by Camilo José Vergara , who specializes in photographing urban decay, showing photos of Los Angeles, including what he called "micro-fortification" of housings around pipes and stuff. He was very critical, arguing it demonstrated a grim, anti-people approach.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 30, 2022

. -- Mott's Neighborhood Market It turns out the cost of renovating the building to become a house was too high for the purchaser, and the residents ended up getting another chance to buy the building which they did (" Neighbors Buy Mott’s Market Building: Community Bands Together and Saves Mott's Market ," Hill Rag ).

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The Lowe Down

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Article by Meghna Pamula. Freedom House” gathers data on democracy across the world, broken down into different indicators including rule of law, electoral process, political rights, and civil liberties. Democratic backsliding is the state-led debilitation or elimination of the institutions sustaining democracy.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 25, 2023

There are three bus stops--no shelters--alongside Sugar House Park for which I am on the board, and I hope that we work with the Utah Transit Authority to put shelters in, and at at least two of the locations, to incorporate greenery. The New York Times has an article on a bus shelter public art project, " Watching for the Bus Stop Gallery."

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GovLoop

AUGUST 26, 2024

To meet mission needs, federal agencies must interact with databases containing everything from personal records to geographical information to law enforcement data. It’s imperative that these databases comply with the White House zero-trust security mandate. This article appeared in our guide, “ How to Build a Cyber-Savvy Workforce.”

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 10, 2024

North Carolina property tax law, nicknamed the Machinery Act, contains many dozens of full or partial exemptions for property as diverse as free drug samples, uranium 233, and Loyal Order of the Moose clubhouses. Housing-Related Exemptions Builders inventory ( G.S. Low- & moderate-income housing ( G.S.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Lire cet article en Français The potential of open data to transform governance and public services is immense, but realizing this potential requires overcoming common obstacles. Just as a shaky foundation undermines even the sturdiest house, flawed data diminishes the value of the most advanced algorithms.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 17, 2022

Given the limitations on local property tax solutions, some neighborhood affordable housing organizations have encouraged the General Assembly to expand the Machinery Act’s existing property tax exemptions for homeowners. That question is one of policy, not law, and the School of Government is neutral on issues of policy.

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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

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Read on to meet the writers, who will contribute two articles each month to GovLoop until July. You can begin reading their articles here.) As an OPM Associate Director, Peter recently worked with the federal agencies tasked with hiring the talent needed to implement the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Early on cities had public restrooms and baths because much of housing did not. As bathrooms became more prevalent in housing and as local government budgets declined and demands increased, provision of public restrooms was one of the first services to be eliminated. This is common for many cities--no public restrooms.

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Masters in Public Administration

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

This article from eHow Money has more on the role. A few of the current available options include with non-profits, government organizations, and even law. Housing Specialist. Want to get people into houses but don’t want to work for a bank? City Manager. Internship Opportunities. Case Manager.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

In many modern cities, the development of a collective consciousness is hampered by the problems of urban living: expensive, sub-standard housing, which is in short supply; exploitation through poor, badly remunerated working conditions; pollution, overcrowding, and so on.

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Masters in Public Administration

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

This article explains what you need to get started. IDEM – Clean Air Tip This site goes beyond the usual and shows you how to reduce your pollution contribution at the office and around the house. This blog follows clean energy news and discusses developments and laws on the topic. Tips for Clean Air at Home.

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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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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

In addition to housing issues, many tenants have been left unemployed either temporarily or permanently due to damage or destruction of businesses. Such assistance is in part meant to deter further displacement and loss of housing following a natural disaster. The rental of residential housing is an act that affects commerce.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Photo of a manufactured housing neighborhood Introduction Manufactured Housing (MH), the official name for what have historically been called mobile homes, comprises the most prominent type of factory-built housing in the US. housing stock, including both owner- and renter-occupied housing.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 11, 2023

So a local preservation law is needed, to be able to counter such threats. So I was surprised to see it recognized in a recent article. From the article: Give Jim Kenney this much: He was the first — and maybe the last — mayoral candidate to take up the cause of Philadelphia’s beleaguered architectural heritage.

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Microsoft Public Sector

OCTOBER 29, 2024

A subsequent article will follow, providing an in-depth examination of the technical aspects of the Federal Responsible and Secure AI Sandbox. Civil rights laws, including the Civil Rights Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), ensure that AI technologies are non-discriminatory and accessible.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 29, 2024

Introduction President Biden recently addressed the pressing issue of housing affordability in his recent State of the Union (SOTU) speech, announcing several initiatives to tackle it. Together, these two events make clear that closing costs are moving to the front burner of housing policy. So, this is still an evolving situation.)

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Crime Given urban crime problems in general and specifically in DC--I remember the worst of the murders in the 1990s, the crack epidemic (" Rayful Edmond's death reminds me of my introduction to Washington, DC ") etc., it's no wonder I have written a lot about crime.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

From the article: NATIONAL PARKS AND NATURAL RESOURCES It's not clear how the United States' 63 national parks would be affected. There is tension in the federal laws on parks and public lands, between access and protection, including keeping some lands natural, or wilderness. Trails access, mountain and electric bikes. Wilderness.

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Microsoft Public Sector

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

A CDL is a capability to assimilate and house vast quantities of security data, whether in its raw form or as derivatives of original logs. This supports Zero Trust initiatives in Federal agencies and aligns with Federal cybersecurity regulations, data privacy laws, and current TLS encryption standards.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 3, 2024

From the last article: It is this more gilded, elegant Chicago – home of arguably the nation’s and even the world’s greatest collection of 20th Century high-rise structures – that foreshadows the current city. New Geography). I'm pretty down on the capacity of DC's planning function though. A decade is just a start.

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GovLoop

MARCH 14, 2024

The White House’s Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (EO) lays out a strategy focused on monitoring, regulating and staffing the development of AI-based innovations. This article appeared in our guide, “ Agencies of the Future: How to Break Down Barriers to Growth.”

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2023

-- " Senate votes to block controversial DC crime bill ," CNN I haven't written a blog entry on this, just comments, and comments on Washington Post article. In this case, how the law would be perceived in the world of public opinion, and the competition between Republicans and Democrats. This letter to the editor (" The D.C.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 18, 2022

Like all government agencies, law enforcement agencies are very conscious of jurisdiction, and definitely a federal agency wouldn't step in unilaterally. From the article: An infuriating new report on the shameful police response to the Uvalde, Tex., I don't know what to think about this.

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Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

Jodi Dean (2005) says that slacktivism results in post-politics: “Busy people can think they are active – the technology will act for them, alleviating their guilt while assuring them that nothing will change too much. […] By sending an e-mail, signing a petition, responding to an article on a blog, people can feel political. O’Hara (2010, p.

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