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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

At the same time planners (and elected officials) are supposed to be helping the citizens. DC's core is comprised of rowhouses and apartment buildings, while the outer city is a mix of attached and detached single family housing and clusters of apartments, especially on arterials. 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 ). Housing Authority better ," Post ). From the article: The U.S.

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Introduction In November of last year, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) published a report 1 (the Report) recommending reforms for the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) System. Any contact between F&F and elected officials is strictly controlled by the FHFA. This was all laid out by Congress in their charters (i.e.

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25 Exciting Career Paths in Public Administration

Masters in Public Administration

They provide instructional leadership and day to day management of educational institutions. They are chosen by elected officials and can work for small towns on a part time basis or for large cities. A record of leadership and results can often be required. Housing Specialist. Education Administrators.

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I stopped testifying when I realized that the city's elected officials either didn't understand or care. The Public Realm as an Interconnected system, Slide from presentation, "Leadership and the Role of Parks and Recreation in the New Economy," David Barth and Carlos Perez, AECOM. gentrification crisis?

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V for Vagina: The Anniversary of Michigan Representative Lisa Brown’s Vagina Monologue

Public Policy Blog

Approximately one year ago, on June 13, 2012, Representative Lisa Brown (D-Bloomfield) uttered the word that runs ice through the veins and casts fear into the hearts of male elected officials: Vagina. Pete Lund, (House Speaker) Jase Bolger, (Rep.) Image: Washington Post. Following the *audacity* that Rep. Jim Stamas, and (Rep.)

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Transit as a formula for local economic success and improvements in regional quality of life

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Now the Intermodal Center just houses intercity bus services. -- Rio Grande Plan The plan proposes a tunnel to redirect the railroad passenger services back to the station, as well as a rerouting of the Trax Green Line, with railroad service in a tunnel behind the station and light rail service in front of the station.