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BTMFBA: maintaining arts spaces in the face of rising real estate values | Seattle, New York City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In Brooklyn and parts of Queens, rent is at least 10 to 15 percent higher than it was in March 2020.) The discussion of Equinox and Brooklyn Army Terminal also covers community building and camaraderie amongst the artists, sharing equipment and help depending on needs, organizing events, etc.

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Over 225 CLTs have developed since their inception in the 1960s (Grounded Solutions Network 2021), and fifteen states have some version of a positive law supporting CLT formation and affirming CLT legality in their state (Decker 2018). Community Land Trusts and State Legislation: A Model Act to Enable This Affordable Housing Tool.”

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CED and Affordable Housing: How Does Manufactured Housing Fit In?

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

See the following: Manufactured Housing, Modular Housing and Zoning (2020); Abandoned Manufactured Homes: What’s Next (2018); Hidden in Plain Sight: Some Next Steps (2018); Hidden in Plain Sight (2018); Marco Polo and Mobile Home Spaces (2017); Mobile Homes and Property Taxes (2010); Transforming Trailers into Assets (2005).

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CRA Podcast Episodes

CRA Today

Are you one of the 95 percent of banks that are underreporting community development loans under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)? SHOWNOTES: Community Development Loans Demystified with Krista Shonk, VP & Senior Counsel, Regulatory Compliance and Policy, Fair & Responsible Banking, ABA.

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Prince George's County Film Festival: developing an ecosystem supporting digital media production

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The first film to represent Prince George’s that came to mind for her was a 2020 documentary about the county’s long list of accomplished basketball players. By the time it debuted, a once-modest local community of directors and performers had grown considerably, backed by the county’s film office, which opened in 2013.

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Faced with Housing Shortages, Policymakers Test New Reforms To Increase Production

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

” In their research, Monkkonen and his colleagues evaluated California’s 2017 and 2018 reforms to address issues in the state’s “fair share” system. The median townhouse on a formerly single-family lot in 2020 had an assessed value of $340,000. The new townhouses were also relatively reasonably priced.

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Capital One Arena, Wizards and Capitals may move to Alexandria | Why not the RFK campus?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Elizabeths campus ," 2018 Controversially, because the Park Service has more golf courses than demand, the Langston Golf Course could be redeveloped. This is worth $20 million per year off football based on a study for the Buffalo Bills, it could be more for other sports because of more events.