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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)

Introduction The high level of closing costs has been placed onto housing policy’s front burner by two recent events. This could significantly increase affordability, especially for FTHBs, and make housing transactions generally more cost-effective for both buyers and sellers. 3 In the modern era, U.S.

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The GSEs and the Incoming Trump Administration: Part 1 of 2 – Answering Ten Key Questions About Conservatorship Exit

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The possibility of a GSE conservatorship exit has sparked considerable media attention, particularly in housing and mortgage industry circles. Separately, Trump II has the ability to directly reshape GSE mortgage policies. 3] Part Two will focus on how Trump II might change GSE mortgage policies.

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

While those grievances shared a common theme: discontent with the power of corporations and alarm that the economic future of a broad swath of the population appears in jeopardy this only proves that OWS tapped into widespread public discontent. There is no guarantee of public policy change as a result of powerful new social movements.

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The Social Media President – @POTUS final #SOTU

Public Policy Blog

These efforts build on previous White House efforts to connect with users across a range of social media sites and make the experience of the speech appropriate to each platform. And finally, keep engaging with the White House: We’re listening” (Goldman). No small feat. Not a West Wing fan?

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Ben Bishin: 2020 Election and A Divided Congress

Policy Chats

In this episode, UCR Professor of political science Ben Bishin talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about what to expect from a partisan Congress as we enter President Biden's first term in office. About Ben Bishin : Benjamin G. Bishin is Professor of political science.

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2020 Election: A Divided Congress (with Ben Bishin)

Policy Chats

In this episode, UCR Professor of political science Ben Bishin talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about what to expect from a partisan Congress as we enter President Biden's first term in office. About Ben Bishin : Benjamin G. Bishin is Professor of political science.

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2020 Election: A Divided Congress (with Ben Bishin)

Policy Chats

In this episode, UCR Professor of political science Ben Bishin talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about what to expect from a partisan Congress as we enter President Biden's first term in office. Ben Bishin on the topic of the future of both houses of Congress in the 2022 midterm election cycle.