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NYU Furman Center Co-Faculty Director Vicki Been Submits Testimony on the Charter Revision

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Using data, Professor Been illustrated how persistently high rent burdens, declining population due to net negative domestic migration, and an inadequate housing supply are evidence of New York City’s long-standing housing affordability challenges. Uncertain timelines for inter-agency coordination lead to potential delays.

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Improve Your Grant Success with the Help of Elected Officials

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

I quickly learned about the power of relationships, particularly when building programs and developing grant proposals. But as I moved into work with nonprofits, I realized that outside of local governments, many organizations do not take advantage of the assistance provided by their elected officials.

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Navigating the Tradeoffs of Good Cause Eviction

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

As lawmakers in Albany debate how to fix New York’s housing affordability crisis, a new research brief by the NYU Furman Center examines the possible effects of how a good cause eviction requirement might affect tenants, landlords, and the housing market. Now, the issue is once again on the negotiating table in 2024.

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Urban planning when things are going well: DC, 2014 (The Office of Planning under Harriet Tregoning)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In textbooks on organizational psychology, behavior and development, there is an extended discussion of boundary spanning, where people have conflicting responsibilities to different groups with different priorities. At the same time planners (and elected officials) are supposed to be helping the citizens. U Street NW.

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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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Walmart to close one of its three DC stores

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DC, not being particularly sophisticated politically, was ripe for the picking, and local elected officials welcomed them with open arms. I was involved in opposing the Walmart that ended up being built up the street from my house -- and ironically a second Walmart was built 1.25 To Open Dec. Nor did a store on East Capitol.

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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 ?