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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

CLT homeownership helps to protect property values from economic shocks—both the property owned by the trust and other properties nearby (Decker 2018, Nelson 2020). Meehan, 2014). Local government support is crucial to successful CLTs, and strategies vary between municipalities (Davis and Jacobus 2008). 2 (2014): 113-133.

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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. 6:19-CV-6780 EAW, 2020 WL 7047493, at *4 (W.D.N.Y. 30, 2020); Strong v. 17-CV-6183-FPG, 2020 WL 1445877, at *4 (W.D.N.Y. 6:12-CV-1697-Orl-37DAB, 2014 WL 3908187 (M.D. 11, 2014); McCarthy v. Dempsey , 2020 WL 7047493, at *4 (quoting Azurdia v. Davis , 826 F.3d

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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)

4 That average will change slightly each year to reflect the normal annual variation in the mix of products and borrower characteristics – for example, it was up by two basis points (bp) in 2021 over 2020, but down by the same amount from the prior year. percent to 0.49 percent to 0.49 percent to 0.49

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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 Guardian , 5 May 2020. Murray 2020. The Guardian , 25 August 2020 - and subsequent updates. Murphy, S.,

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

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Under the pressure of the financial crisis, in mid-2008, the market began to lose confidence in the implied guarantee given its informal and unwritten nature. However, it never made it past Senate Banking Committee approval in 2014. government (i.e., trillion amount.

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

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

For example, in the 2008 hurricane season, four named storms arrived. For example, it ranks 170th out of 180 in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index 2020. Stability, good governance and democratic participation are essential ingredients of disaster risk reduction. Haiti has long had a shortage of all three.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Over time, Minneapolis made complementary investments of its own, light rail was added to the program, and the city's decline was reversed. A signature initiative was the creation of the Neighborhood Revitalization Program, which was funded by a TIF bond.

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