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

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

7] Because Congress had set up the GSEs through legislation, the Obama administration believed it was up to Congress to develop revisions to that legislation to eliminate these defects. Q3: Why was Congress unable to expeditiously pass legislation to correct those business model defects as a key step to ending conservatorship?

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AAPI: Anti-Asian Violence & Discrimination (with Janelle Wong)

Policy Chats

From 2001-2012, Wong was in the Departments of Political Science and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. Hate crime legislation alone is not going to solve our problems. ” - Janelle Wong on the topic of focusing on more than hate crime when discussing ways to help the AAPI community.

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AAPI: Anti-Asian Violence & Discrimination (with Janelle Wong)

Policy Chats

From 2001-2012, Wong was in the Departments of Political Science and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. Hate crime legislation alone is not going to solve our problems. ”. Hate crime legislation alone is not going to solve our problems. ”.

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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.

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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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Retaining Generation X and Generation Z federal employees: Three ways Congress can help

Partnership for Public Service

Specifically, we considered Generation X (born between 1965 and 1980)—which is the future of federal senior leadership—and Generation Z (born between 1997 and 2012)—which represents the future of the federal workforce. Below are a few ideas for how Congress can help retain these two essential generations.

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How the Tri-COG Land Bank is Transforming Vacant Properties in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Center for Community Progress

By: Liz Kozub I got my start in transforming vacant properties in 2012 as an intern for the City of East McKeesport, Pennsylvania, a dense community of just over 2,000 residents with tremendous community pride. I went house-to-house with a clipboard documenting the conditions of vacant properties that dotted its beautiful brick streets.