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Celebrating Legislative Wins to Combat Vacancy in Missouri and Alabama 

Center for Community Progress

First, it allows counties to opt out of the harmful default, tax-lien sale foreclosure process, and instead use a court-supervised process, designed to better protect homeowners and more quickly address problem properties. This legislation gives communities two important new tools to address VAD properties. Louis County to create land banks.

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AWS selects 13 startups to innovate public safety solutions through the GovTech Accelerator

AWS Public Sector Blog

Learn about the startups and the problems they aim to solve: 10-8 Systems Mission Viejo, CA 10-8 Systems offers advanced, cloud-native computer aided dispatch (CAD) and records management software (RMS) for law enforcement, emergency services, fire, and private security. Austin, TX Revir Technologies, Inc.,

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CIVIL RIGHTS/CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: Pitt Bull Owners’ § 1983 Action May Proceed

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

Officers Michael Mays and Daniel Ledman responded to conduct a residence security check. Courts consider the breed of the dog for the dog’s aggressive nature, the dog’s location and behavior, and any dog owner’s negligence or lack of supervision or control. Livingston had accidentally triggered the burglar alarm. See Dempsey v.

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Why Heirs’ Property is a Problem for Vacancy and Abandonment

Center for Community Progress

When a property owner dies without a will or estate plan, state laws governing inheritance determine how the property is passed to family members legally entitled to it. Though heirs’ property is widespread, it disproportionately affects Black landowners in the South due to the legacy of slavery and racist land ownership laws.

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Additionally, a decade later in 1999, legislated changes were made that included broadening the asset types that could be used as collateral to secure FHLB advances. One such asset type was mortgage-backed securities (MBS) issued by Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac, collectively known in financial markets as “agency MBS.”

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February 2023 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter

Microsoft Public Sector

MC495329 — SharePoint: External File Request in SharePoint Document Library Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 103625 With File Request feature in SharePoint Document Library, users have an easy and secure way to request and obtain files from anyone. Power Platform MC510832 — Power Pages (previously Power Apps portals) version 9.5.1.x

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County Legal Authority to Fund Non-Mandated Social Services Programs

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

State law requires each board of county commissioners to levy and collect taxes as necessary to meet the county’s allocated share of the cost of mandated social services programs. Counties may also levy property taxes for any purpose for which the county is authorized by law to appropriate money, subject to voter approval.