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A History of Ohio Land Banking 2009–2021: From Legislation to Operation

Center for Community Progress

However, to fully understand how this legislation came to pass, and why it is helpful contextually to review the history of land banking and tax foreclosure in Ohio. In the 1970s, Ohio had passed what can be viewed as traditional land bank legislation, which authorized municipalities, counties, and townships to create land banks.

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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). A few of the recommendations require legislation by Congress. [4]

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The GSE Conservatorships: Fifteen Years Old, With No End in Sight

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

7] Because Congress had set up the GSEs through legislation, the Obama administration believed it was up to Congress to develop revisions to that legislation to eliminate these defects. Q3: Why was Congress unable to expeditiously pass legislation to correct those business model defects as a key step to ending conservatorship?

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Interesting study on litter focuses on the brand of the trash

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

We used it to map the location, materials, type and, where possible, brands of 43,187 items of litter collected across the UK in 2020. I didn't want to do it--because the litter just comes back--but it was important to respond to the expressed needs of the volunteer committee members. of all items.

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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

No country other than the UK has spontaneously abandoned its basic law on emergency management (in this case the Civil Contingencies Act of 2004). The Guardian , 5 May 2020. Murray 2020. The Guardian , 25 August 2020 - and subsequent updates. IAI News , Institute of Art and Ideas, London, [link] Alexander, D.E.

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

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

In response, Democrats in California and Massachusetts, Republicans in Utah and Montana, and city governments across the country have enacted legislation designed to address the barriers that restrict new housing development. The median townhouse on a formerly single-family lot in 2020 had an assessed value of $340,000.

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