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CED and Affordable Housing: How Does Manufactured Housing Fit In?

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Housing is a basic issue for anyone interested in CED. Behind the headline are a host of issues that both foster hope in how to address affordable housing needs and the realization of the many steps it may take to get there. Manufactured homes are a statewide feature of North Carolina – we have more than almost any other state.

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Lax Regulation Doesn’t Fully Explain Unsafe Buildings in African Cities: A View from Ghana

The City Fix

Incidents of building collapse are worryingly common in large African cities. One study counted 54 building collapse deaths and 122 injuries in Kampala, Uganda, between 2004 and 2008. Another identified 112 cases in Lagos, Nigeria, from 1978 to 2008. Cities in Ghana and Kenya, Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Local Conduit Issuances of Affordable Housing Bonds in North Carolina: The Basics

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

North Carolina suffers from a lack of affordable housing options for low and moderate income households. In a May 2022 post , Tyler outlined many of the ways in which North Carolina’s local governments can aid the development of privately owned affordable housing.

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Episode 65: CRA Tips: Revisiting the Fundamentals: A Community Development Loan Primer

CRA Today

Within this resource, the primary purpose of community development is defined as follows: Under the CRA, community development activities Support affordable housing for low- or moderate-income (LMI) individuals, including multifamily rental housing. Target community services for LMI individuals.

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What @sog_ced is reading online: May 2022

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

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. Other CED Items: How will federal regulators encourage banks to make more loans in underserved areas? Chapel Hill example offered: bit.ly/3wfvUO6.

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How to Tell What’s on the New Governors Minds

Barrett & Greene

Two other orders direct the state’s agencies to prioritize ending homelessness and sets an “annual housing production” goal of 36,000 homes. Josh Shapiro’s order creating the Pennsylvania Office of Transformation and Opportunity , with a mission to “facilitate the implementation of transformational economic development projects.”

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Emergency Home Repair Loans: Local Government as Financial Bridge

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

In non-emergency situations, local government housing loans are authorized “only when the planning, construction, and financing of residential housing is not otherwise available to ‘persons and families of low income’” due to “the inability of private enterprise and investment, without assistance, to meet that need.” 29, 49, 50 (1970).