Center for Community Progress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Effective legislation is a vital piece of equipping state and local governments to effectively address vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties (VAD). This year, legislative sessions in Missouri and Alabama saw big wins to advance community revitalization. The legislation also allows most Missouri municipalities and St.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 11, 2024

In response to that growing criticism plus how much has changed in markets, legislation, and regulation during the 90-plus years of the FHLBanks’ existence, its regulator – the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) – announced in 2022 that it would undertake a review of the entire System.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JULY 30, 2024

I have also written on the inherent design flaw in F&F and the other GSEs embedded in their congressional legislation: see [link] and [link]. ]] For many years, this was considered the responsibility of Congress, which had established the GSEs by legislation – but Congress has never come close to agreeing on what changes would be needed.

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