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Are combination inspectors a good choice for municipalities?

American City & Country

Florida made legislative changes requiring buildings that are three stories or higher and more than 30 years old, to undergo a milestone inspection. The struggle is in the balancing act between safety, regulation and economic development, as well as the tendency for lessons learned from past disasters that fade with time.

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Nonbank Mortgage Servicers: Proposing a Better Path to Reduce Their Risk to Financial Stability

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

6 The regulations covering NMSs do not subject them to strong enough prudential regulatory requirements to ensure they can operate in a safe and sound manner even during times of significantly adverse economic and market circumstances. The Report notes, by contrast, that the regulations that apply to banks are designed to do just that.

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Spotlighting true public servants during Public Service Recognition Week: Part 2

Partnership for Public Service

Implementing landmark legislation Michael Hassett has been working at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for more than six years and currently serves as the NOAA Fisheries’ Inflation Reduction Act coordinator and strategic resource analyst. Read our previous blog post to learn about the others.

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Five Principles for a New 421-a Property Tax Exemption

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Furman Center researchers suggest the new exemption should also be thoughtfully coordinated with other subsidy programs, zoning initiatives, and the City’s commitment to get housing built in every neighborhood. times the share of rent burdened households with incomes between 90 and 100 percent of AMI.

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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)

23 There has even been legislation proposed in Congress to legally require the tri-merge report, 24 overriding the FHFA’s proposed reform. Unusually, the industry’s regulator, the Appraisal Foundation, was established by the industry itself and then, in 1989, designated by Congress as its regulator.

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Policy Breakfast: The New York Housing Compact

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The Housing Compact also aims to relieve regulation to legalize basements apartments and Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), and develop a replacement for the former 421-a property tax exemption program for rental housing. They also offered a range of views on how the compact could be improved as it makes its way through the legislative session.

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How to Tell What’s on the New Governors Minds

Barrett & Greene

But we’ve found they’re one of the best ways to scope out both management and policy priorities before any new legislation winds its way through legislatures. Jim Pillen’s creation of the Office of Broadband Coordinator , Arizona Gov. Other newly created entities include Maryland Gov.

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