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How to Address Homelessness: Reflections from Research

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

This is particularly pertinent to formerly incarcerated people and young people aging out of the foster care system, where housing needs are foreseeable and obstacles are predictable ( Schneider 2018 ; Dworsky et al. 2021 ; Gubits et al. Coordination challenges between agencies (e.g., Conclusion.

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Missing obvious opportunities to strengthen rail-based transit systems: Philadelphia Navy Yard and improvements to the transit "network"/platform

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The project took six years to complete, and the station opened in 2012, with full service in 2013. And as one of the early citizen directors of BART, the Bay Area Rapid Transit system, used to say about planning for transit expansion--don't put it off, because construction costs only go up. Conclusion. It's been 26 years.

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Haiti: has there been progress in disaster reduction since the last big earthquake?

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

million people were displaced from their homes, but the earthquake destroyed more than people and their homes: it dealt a near fatal blow to government. of monetary relief went to the Haitian Government, and yet that is exactly where responsibility for public services and safety lay. ii] Farmer, Paul 2012. i] Muggah, R.

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Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The average guarantee fee (G-fee) of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), who currently finance about half of the nearly $13 trillion of outstanding first-lien single-family mortgages in the country, 1 is among the most closely-watched numbers by housing finance policymakers and the mortgage lending industry.

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What is the competitive advantage for the post-covid city? Doubling down on place values

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

the steady employment engine of the federal government Heathcote captures the issues well. " Since I got involved in urban revitalization I argued that DC had five competitive advantages: 1. historic architecture 2. historicity and identity (the nexus of people, historic architecture, and urban design) 4.

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