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Community building versus economic development

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Cities cost money to operate. Community building versus revitalization. Cities have to earn money to pay for all the things that people say they want. Ironically, the DC Metrorail system wasn't set up to improve DC, but did because at the core of the system, 31 stations serve historic or now new neighborhoods (like NoMA, Southwest, etc.).

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Federalism and the Detroit Bankruptcy Case

Public Policy Blog

Since then, there’s been a flow of federalism or states’ rights cases heading to the Supreme Court, on a regular basis” (Bomboy, 2013). 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. 2013, July 18).

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Will the GSEs Repeat 2007 - 2009’s Large Losses?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

They have a credit box 8 that is akin to what existed around 2000 - 2002, i.e., before the GSEs loosened it up as mortgage bubble distortions showed up. Prior to 2013, when the first CRT transactions were done, this information was kept confidential. [11] These reforms also include major changes to how the GSEs do their business.

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