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Proposal to build new basketball arena in Downtown Philadelphia

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

That's the point behind this blog entry: -- " Framework of characteristics that support successful community development in association with the development of professional sports facilities " which is aimed at identifying the characteristics that make for an arena that is more successful for the local community.

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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)

In recent years, the System has been subject to growing criticism that it has been inadequately supporting the housing and community development mission given to it by Congress. It did so, for example, in 2004 to cover the budget year 2003, when its estimate was $3.2 Part 1 of this two-part paper describes this more fully.

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Faced with Housing Shortages, Policymakers Test New Reforms To Increase Production

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

. “Cities were more likely to change their local zoning in 2021 compared with 2014 – and to do so more dramatically,” they wrote. For example, in the 2014 planning cycle, the statewide target for housing growth was one million units. Those targets were spread more equitably among different communities, too.

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