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How to Address Homelessness: Reflections from Research

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

To aid in this process, researchers should equip policymakers with evidence of the benefits of affordable housing and, just as importantly, the lack of evidence that shelters reduce surrounding property values ( Furman Center, 2008 ). Coordination challenges between agencies (e.g., Conclusion.

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Options for Expanding Property Tax Relief for Lower Income Homeowners

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

As I’ve written before , both our state constitution and the Machinery Act (the collection of state statutes that govern property taxes) require that all local governments across North Carolina play by the same property tax rules. In 2008, the General Assembly added a provision to G.S. 105-286 , discounts under G.S.

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Federalism and the Detroit Bankruptcy Case

Public Policy Blog

USA Today reports that some bankruptcy experts have predicted that Detroit’s case could last as long as three years [a large Californian case in Vallejo took one year to decide if it was even ELIGIBLE for bankruptcy in 2008 then another three years to be released from bankruptcy protection granted]. 2012, April). 2013, July 18).

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Revisiting what I wrote about in 2010/2012 back to the fore: regional cultural funding in Greater Detroit

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In 2010 and 2012 I wrote about such initiatives for the Detroit Zoo (actually located in Oakland County) and the Detroit Institute of Arts, which were caught up in the city's bankruptcy. mill tax for the Detroit Zoo they approved in 2008. Brooks Patterson (" The rise of Oakland County is built on Detroit's Fall ") died).

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