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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Meehan, 2014). Local government support is crucial to successful CLTs, and strategies vary between municipalities (Davis and Jacobus 2008). A few local governments have granted eminent domain takings power to CLT partners to acquire dilapidated adjacent land (Meehan 2014). Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2008.

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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)

It describes how the GSE design defect had very publicly manifested itself in these institutions prior to their being taken over by the government via conservatorship in 2008. Like F&F prior to 2008, the FHLBanks hold themselves out as competitive commercial enterprises, but the truth is that they also are not.

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Celebrating 20 Years of Land Banks in Michigan

Center for Community Progress

Of the more than 15,000 homes sold by the Detroit Land Bank since 2014, about 70% were bought by Detroit residents. Genesee County Land Bank’s Clean & Green program to maintain vacant lots reduced assaults and violent crimes around vacant lots by 40%. What’s next for Michigan land banks?

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How Philadelphia became a leader in the use of data and evidence: An interview with Maia Jachimowicz, V.P. for Evidence-Based Policy, Results for America, and former policy director to Mayor Michael Nutter – Episode #109

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

Michael Nutter served as Mayor of Philadelphia from 2008 to 2016. In 2014, Governing Magazine named the Mayor one of the Public Officials of the Year, noting, “Philadelphia isn’t an easy place to govern. She served as Deputy Director for Policy and, starting in 2013, as Policy Director for the Mayor until 2016.

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CIVIL RIGHTS/CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: Pitt Bull Owners’ § 1983 Action May Proceed

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

2008); San Jose Charter of Hells Angels v. 6:12-CV-1697-Orl-37DAB, 2014 WL 3908187 (M.D. 11, 2014); McCarthy v. Bethards , 826 F.3d 3d 1252 (10th Cir. 2016); Saathoff v. Davis , 826 F.3d 3d 925 (7th Cir. 2016); Maldonado v. Fontanes , 568 F.3d 3d 263 (1st Cir. 2009); Viilo v. Eyre , 547 F.3d 3d 707 (7th Cir. 3d 962 (9th Cir.

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Revisiting New Carrollton and the opportunity of transit oriented development: New train hall to be built at transit hub

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I wrote about New Carrollton in depth in 2014, where I suggested that Prince George's County create a center there, moving their government center to a Metrorail-connected location, and beginning the process of redeveloping the conurbation as a more walkable-connected-transit centric place. (On I hope they read it.)

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

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Since 2008, pandemics have been top of the list of 96 threats and hazards in the UK National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies in all editions. Plans were made in the UK in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014. The scenario for this pandemic (excluding the recovery) was fully formulated over the period 2003-2009.

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