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Proof of Broken Windows theory in Philadelphia and New York City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Our Council member, Kenyatta Johnson, is now also Council president, and he has enormous power to protect affordable housing in his district and beyond.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Four | Seasonality, Activation and Public Art as an element of facilities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

My writings on daypart planning (" Planning programming by daypart, month, season: and Boston Winter Garden, DC's Holiday Market, etc. ," 2016) are relevant to parks planning too. Sugar House Park, Salt Lake City. Seasonality. Plan for time of day and day of the week sure. Make accommodations as needed, from lighting to snow clearance.

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Optimizing the US mortgage market with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

The UMBS makes up 70 percent of the total MBS market in the US and was established in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to provide stability, liquidity, and resiliency in the US housing market. million in total annual AWS run rate cost optimization by the end of 2023. Plus, CSS realized $10.7

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Community building versus economic development

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Philadelphia 76ers ," 2023 ). I think the alternatives proposed by the community are ridiculous. ," " Park View Residents Continue To Oppose Redevelopment at Bruce Monroe Park " Washington City Paper , also see " "Temporary" uses as a way to foil development: Bruce Monroe Elementary School site, DC | from school to park to housing ").

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The third is preserving housing. But even before that I went back and forth on it. I talked about this during the design process, and now that I am on the board of a park, I am proved right. There just aren't that many jobs. And my park is 110.5 Should have been addressed for decades. A lot more about that below.

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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)

The average guarantee fee (G-fee) of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), who currently finance about half of the nearly $13 trillion of outstanding first-lien single-family mortgages in the country, 1 is among the most closely-watched numbers by housing finance policymakers and the mortgage lending industry.

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