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Electric School Buses Win Big in US State Legislative Sessions

The City Fix

Electric school buses are experiencing rapid growth in the United States, with a nearly 10-fold increase in commitments by school districts and fleet operators in the past year. Thirty-eight states have now committed to procure more than 12,000 electric school buses.

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Housing Affordability & Income Disparities: A Close Look at Palm Springs

Policy Chats

In this episode, Mayor of Palm Springs Grace Garner talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about housing afforability, income disparities, and gentrification in the context of Palm Springs. Learn more about the series and other episodes via [link].

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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)

The GSEs were authorized by congressional legislation to perform a very specific set of activities, primarily focused on providing loans to consumers or businesses for a designated purpose, and mostly related to real estate and housing. the legislation establishing them). mortgage originations. 24 Excessive executive compensation.

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Mayor Grace Garner: Housing Affordability & Income Disparities in Palm Springs

Policy Chats

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.

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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)

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. Additionally, other recommendations were made to update aspects of how the FHLBanks operate to reflect the current environment rather than what existed many decades ago.

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Federalism and the Detroit Bankruptcy Case

Public Policy Blog

Over the course of the last several years when credit was being extended I wholeheartedly believe that creditors were operating predatorily with regard to debt extension.

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After the Storm: Summary Ejectment and Assistance Programs in North Carolina

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Post-Helene, there is not a moratorium on summary ejectment proceedings, although activists and at least two legislators have called upon the legislature, the chief justice, and the governor for such action. It is possible that the legislature will consider the issue when they reconvene later this month. 42-42(8) ). Creekside Apartments v.

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