Center for Community Progress

JUNE 6, 2022

Once-thriving middle-class neighborhoods with much history, shops, solid housing stock, and cultural treasures transitioned almost overnight into vacant and abandoned streets and retail strips. In 2006, the Ohio General Assembly passed this legislation. Ohio’s Traditional Land Bank Law. Everything seemed to work as planned—until 2008.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

First, the implementation timeline is rather long, as key recommendations are significantly dependent upon Congress passing legislation – and it must be assumed that such passage will require, at a minimum, at least several years. I find these recommendations lacking for four main reasons.

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Policy Chats

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Previously, she has served as a board member of the Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry, was the Chief Operating Officer at Americans for Financial Reform, and was an Attorney Case Manager at White & Case LLP. So if we can get that down to a more reasonable rent based on a person's income, then that would help a lot.

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Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Across the country, small and rural communities grapple with economic challenges and an aging housing stock that leads to similar outcomes: a flood of VAD properties that threaten the health, safety, and resilience of these residents. CP: You played a key role in advocating for West Virginia’s land bank-enabling legislation.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 4, 2024

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. Naturally, F&F’s management teams looked to grow profits further. the legislation establishing them). mortgage originations.

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Center for Community Progress

APRIL 6, 2023

I went house-to-house with a clipboard documenting the conditions of vacant properties that dotted its beautiful brick streets. They will also partner with regional leaders in conservancy and stormwater management to implement environmental or ecological solutions on vacant land.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 2, 2023

The board said I’d be buying properties that were abandoned and tax delinquent and selling them to developers to turn into affordable housing. A Mercy Housing Duplex, part of Phase VI of Savannah Gardens. Mercy Housing Apartments, part of phase VI of Savannah Gardens. Alison : I’m excited about two things.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 22, 2025

Planners are tasked with considering the future and dealing with it, not trying to prevent change necessarily, but instead working to manage it and mitigate and limit negative effects, in ways that are good for the city in general and neighborhoods specifically, simultaneously. At the same time, there is a different cleavage. U Street NW.

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Partnership for Public Service

MARCH 22, 2023

Read our blog posts, “ Seating third parties at the risk table “ and “ How agencies can use enterprise risk management to implement new legislation ,” for recaps of the previous two working sessions in this series. Integrate the Statement of Assurance process with risk management. Align with the agency’s larger strategy.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In 2023 so far, at least 27 states and territories have pursued more than 80 bills related to AI, including legislation to study, restrict or prohibit its use. 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.

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Government Technology Insider

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The bipartisan legislation, currently making its way through Congress, aims to reauthorize and strengthen the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF), which has enabled agencies to modernize legacy systems , enhance cybersecurity and improve service delivery to citizens, through 2031.

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Center for Community Progress

APRIL 14, 2023

For communities with a large number of these so-called “ blighted properties ”—the result of decades of disinvestment, population loss, and unjust land and housing policy—the challenge is how to stop those properties from harming their communities and get them back to productive use equitably, efficiently, and effectively.

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Partnership for Public Service

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Under a continuing resolution, our government must wait to take new actions to address urgent national priorities and is often limited in managing critical hiring and travel needs. At some point within the current 45-day window, Congress must either pass appropriations or another CR, or risk a government shutdown.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JANUARY 12, 2022

The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) faces both immense challenges and historic opportunities. Currently, significant federal funds for public housing capital needs are looking less likely in Washington, while the fate of NYCHA’s ambitious “Blueprint for Change” remains uncertain in Albany.

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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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Government Technology Insider

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Recently, Maine became the 13 th state , plus the District of Columbia, to adopt legislation guaranteeing paid family and medical leave for residents. And with a wave of interest in supporting workers’ rights, it won’t be the last state or territory to adopt universal paid leave legislation.

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GovLoop

MARCH 21, 2023

Many agencies undertaking transformation initiatives are dealing with common problems: a lack of agility, increasing “surprise” costs, problems with security and compliance, overly complex management issues and an overall lack of collaboration across the IT environment.

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Partnership for Public Service

JULY 16, 2024

When Congress passes and the President signs major legislation, federal agencies must translate it into practical action to ensure its goals are realized. We learned from implementors that strong technical assistance programs are key in helping state and local governments, and communities, apply for and manage federal funding.

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GovLoop

APRIL 21, 2023

Government agencies have masses of personally identifiable information (PII), such as Social Security numbers, health records and financial details, at their disposal, and they need effective ways to gather, manage, store and secure it. Congress has considered, but not enacted, broader privacy legislation. And to whom does it belong?

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Librarian.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks to reporters. Here’s hoping we don’t have to manage a similar legislative attack on people’s rights to read whatever they please, but it’s worth understanding how some of this stuff is shaking out in other parts of the country.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MARCH 3, 2023

Your US Senators and Representatives create the federal legislation that leads to grant programs. Each year they help set the federal appropriations bills for the 26 federal departments (including the Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Education, Housing and Urban Development Department, and Department of Justice).

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Getting the data strategy right is a prerequisite to unlocking the power of technologies such as AI The GC requires a comprehensive data strategy to effectively manage information assets. Just as a shaky foundation undermines even the sturdiest house, flawed data diminishes the value of the most advanced algorithms.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JUNE 22, 2023

Dayna Arnold, Project Manager at Zest Consult, a leading digital technology consultancy, discusses the challenges businesses face with AI and the struggle for ethical systems Innovation is crucial for business growth today, with artificial intelligence (AI) being a key driving force.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 13, 2023

Guidance on zero trust architecture: Support will be provided to help firms, while the importance of asset management is also being further emphasised. Here, support from a managed security service provider (MSSP) or managed detection and response (MDR) provider can help to bridge this ever-expanding regulatory/compliance gap.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The second cohort of the county's Community Planning Lab wrapped up last month after the class spent weeks learning about urban development and design, planning and zoning, public engagement, affordable housing, transportation, land use and more. Photo: David Jackson, Park Record. I think that's reasonable.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 20, 2023

Introduction The United States is in the midst of a severe shortage of affordable housing for low-and-middle-income (LMI) families as both home prices and rents have climbed faster than household income for many years, particularly during the pandemic. with a much higher market share of 14 percent in rural geographies.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 20, 2024

You need to craft data-driven narratives that connect with the intended audience, whether government officials, legislators or constituents. Their research supports policy development around a wide array of issues, from transportation, energy and natural resources to education and housing. Its not enough to dig up good data.

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

“What gets measured gets managed.” This popular tenet underscores the importance of using a modern data strategy to drive organizational performance management. The datasets found within the systems used to manage and deliver services hold the keys to service improvements.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 10, 2025

This report—produced by the NYU Furman Center and the Urban Institute’s Housing Justice team—uses a mix of public and proprietary data to better understand where those vulnerabilities might lie in New York City. 6 At the same time, the City’s Zoning Resolution (ZR) continues to evolve in response to housing needs.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MAY 31, 2023

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator and conservator of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), has been very prominently in the news lately. The changes then became the subject of hearings and legislation in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to reverse the changes.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 11, 2023

Yes, he did manage to beef up staffing at the woefully understaffed Historical Commission. So I was surprised to see it recognized in a recent article. Once in office, he convened a promising task force to come up with better strategies for protecting the city’s gorgeous old buildings.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2023

The average guarantee fee (G-fee) of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), who currently finance about half of the nearly $13 trillion of outstanding first-lien single-family mortgages in the country, 1 is among the most closely-watched numbers by housing finance policymakers and the mortgage lending industry.

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Barrett & Greene

JANUARY 31, 2023

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. Two other orders direct the state’s agencies to prioritize ending homelessness and sets an “annual housing production” goal of 36,000 homes.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2023

I write that for the most part, DC's legislators have it pretty good. But the fact is that Congress does have the final authority on approving local legislation, even though the DC Home Rule Act of 1973 pretty much created local control of local governance. This letter to the editor (" The D.C.

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Barrett & Greene

JULY 25, 2023

To sum up, in the words of Shayne Kavanagh, senior manager of research at GFOA’s Research and Consulting Center, “There is compelling evidence that these things are often not effective.” Increasingly, governments – both in legislative and executive branches – are demanding evidence that new programs work before they fund them.

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Poverty & Policy

MAY 1, 2017

Trump’s Office of Management and Budget Director made the same point. These have been issues on progressive policy agendas for a long time — and the former for the hardly progressive House Speaker Ryan. And one devoutly hopes someone else in the White House. And not only they.

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