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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)

Unusually, the industry’s regulator, the Appraisal Foundation, was established by the industry itself and then, in 1989, designated by Congress as its regulator. In other words, vote totals in the next election are now visibly in play. 15 Credit reports. Naturally, those opposing reform often exploit these fears.

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The power of the connecting middle: where policy, delivery and democracy meet (and often don’t)

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

The second strand is my continuing investment in the patient slog that is public sector and public policy reform, in this case informed by following the work of Jennifer Pahlka. From protecting civil rights to counting the votes, it’s hard to imagine a stable democratic future without the machinery of modern government.

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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)

10] Making things even more complex, it is clear from the recent election campaign that Trump II will also look to support what is perhaps its biggest voting bloc: non-college-educated households, which argues against changes that may reduce the GSE’s role in providing subsidized, borrower-friendly mortgages to those households.