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Proof of Broken Windows theory in Philadelphia and New York City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But that message isn’t getting through to our local government. The data reflect what we already know: When people’s basic need for a safe, stable home is met, it decreases violence in our neighborhoods. As we talked to close to 200 Grays Ferry residents, the stories poured in.

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The Future of Recycling Programs and the Role of Community Feedback

zencity

Although not always mandatory, Zencity’s experience working with local government organizations across the U.S. Local governments are increasingly working to expand their recycling programs, promote resident engagement and knowledge, and innovate to combat climate change. How did recycling start? Their “Is it recyclable?

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Updating the best practice elements of revitalization to include elements 7 and 8 | Transformational Projects Action Planning at a large scale

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

This item is implicit in the original list of six in that you need an implementation organization separate from government to keep the focus, especially because government interest waxes and wanes depending on who gets elected and their desire to work on their priorities, not the long term priorities developed by previous administrations.

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Optimizing the US mortgage market with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

million in total annual AWS run rate cost optimization by the end of 2023. Launching the CSP with AWS CSS worked closely with AWS from the outset of the CSP project launch in 2014. Plus, CSS realized $10.7 This created further savings and operational resiliency for CSS.

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Community building versus economic development

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

A problem on Market East and in Philadelphia, they said, is the city government only contemplates the future in response to developers’ wishes. Philadelphia 76ers ," 2023 ). and Baltimore metropolitan areas ," Transport Policy , 2014. There is no public funding to commit to another project.” Cities cost money to operate.

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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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Closing Cost Reform: Long Overdue and Worth the Fight (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

However, if these costs reflect distorted markets where normal price competition has been subverted, then it is absolutely appropriate and reasonable for the government to intervene and improve the situation. In 2007, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a non-partisan research arm of Congress, studied title insurance.

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