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Five Principles for a New 421-a Property Tax Exemption

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Between 2010 and 2020, 68 percent of new multifamily buildings used various forms of a 421-a exemption , accounting for 116,000 of the 171,000 housing units completed in multifamily buildings that decade. A significant portion of New York City’s newly built housing has relied upon a 421-a exemption.

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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). mortgage originations.

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New Report on Ten Years of Land Banking in New York Offers Compelling Metrics of Success, Useful Lessons, and a Lot of Inspiration

Center for Community Progress

Then, I heard that New York was exploring legislation to allow municipalities and counties to create land banks. After New York passed this landmark land bank-enabling legislation, I worked with County and local officials to help establish the Broome County Land Bank in 2012, one of the first land banks in the state. I wondered.

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How will the UK Cyber Essentials Scheme change in April 2023?

Open Access Government - Technology News

Take social media as an example – where we were referring to using such platforms in hours per month in 2010, the average user today now spends 2 hours and 27 minutes of their day on them. Take the UK Cyber Essentials scheme, run by the National Cyber Security Centre and designed to help companies protect themselves against cyberattacks.

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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)

In response to that growing criticism plus how much has changed in markets, legislation, and regulation during the 90-plus years of the FHLBanks’ existence, its regulator – the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) – announced in 2022 that it would undertake a review of the entire System. This works as follows.

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Too Quick to Pronounce Trump Budget Dead on Arrival

Poverty & Policy

Some Republicans may balk at some details, but the major thrusts replicate those in budgets the House has passed ever since Republicans gained control in 2010. What matters more here is legislative strategy — not, one notes, an expertise our President brought to the White House or seems to be learning. citizens.