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I wonder if Mayor Fenty hadn't dissolved the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative in 2007, merging it into another city agency, if development would have happened faster?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I've written about relocation of DC government agencies over the years as a misguided economic development strategy (" The Reeves Center Myth Revisited ," 2011, " Office Buildings Won't Save Anacostia ," 2005).

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Digital Engagement for Mental Health

Social Pinpoint

Specifically, within the last few years, predominantly during the pandemic years from 2020 to 2022, it indicated that 21.5% in 2014-15 for Australians with a mental or behavioural condition. of individuals aged 16–85 had a 12-month mental disorder, while 37.9% had a selected physical condition.

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Government Mortgage Interest Rates: A Serious Discussion about the Intertwined Topics of Risk Adjustment and Cross-subsidies

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The prior risk-based adjustment to the GSEs’ G-fees had been set about a decade ago based on historic loss statistics at that time, with some revisions implemented in 2014. 25] Interestingly, prior to the Great Financial Crisis of 2007 to 2008, the GSEs did not do risk-adjusting, reflecting more of a government agency approach (i.e.,