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Meet the Bill To Ban Hedge Funds From Owning Single-Family …
2024年3月28日 · While the overall ownership of single-family homes by private equity remains relatively small, a 2022 report by MetLife estimated that by 2030, 7.6 million single-family rental homes in the United States—more than 40 percent—could be owned by corporate investors. According to a November report from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) the …
Five Ways Local Governments Can Spur Development of …
2020年6月30日 · Here are their five recommendations for creative ways to finance affordable housing. 1. Establish a housing finance agency. A housing finance agency (HFA) is a government entity designed to promote affordable housing by issuing tax-exempt bonds and using the proceeds from the sales to offer low-cost mortgages to affordable housing developers ...
Inside 5 Tools Cities Can Use to Pay for Infrastructure - Next City
2016年5月19日 · Cities in 26 states are authorized to use them, and that happens in 21. In 17 of those states, revenue can be dedicated to roads; in three states it can be used for transit, and in eight states it can be used for general funds or a combination. In North Carolina, for example, the fee can be up to $30, with $5 for general purposes, $5 for public ...
Understanding the Community Reinvestment Act – And How It’s …
2024年9月12日 · Whether a person has access to banking directly changes their life. T hat's why advocates for racial justice have for a long time talked about the importance of an anti-redlining statute called the Community Reinvestment Act.. If you want to ensure that everyone everywhere, including in middle and low- income neighborhoods, is on a level playing field when it comes to …
Why Nashville Is Still America’s Music City - Next City
2014年12月1日 · This year, Rolling Stone magazine, perhaps the arbiter of all things music, finally opened a bureau in Nashville, signaling to the world that country is a genre that’s influential, profitable and on the rise — and that Nashville remains its thriving center. (Full disclosure: I occasionally write for Rolling Stone Country.)And since the show “Nashville” telecast the real …
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The Making Of Co-op City, America’s Biggest Housing Co-op
2022年10月20日 · The United Housing Foundation builds Co-op City; it’s their largest project and it’s their final project using [Mitchell-Lama] funding from New York State. Co-op City is first occupied in the late ’60s but prices wind up rising, and by the mid-1970s, they have what they called a rent strike.
Do You Live in a “15-Minute Neighborhood”? There’s an App to …
2020年10月21日 · Developed by Here Technologies, the “15-minute city app” tells you how many places that fall into one of six categories — culture, education, groceries, leisure, medical and transit — are within a 15-minute walk, 20-minute walk or 15-minute drive of a given location. Streetsblog’s article points out that the app could serve as a tool ...
Why We Should Lower the Voting Age to 16 - Next City
2020年7月20日 · Any argument in favor of lowering the voting age starts with the fact that 16- and 17-year-olds are already seen as adults in several official ways. Currently 14 states and the District of Columbia let teens pre-register to vote at 16, while an additional nine states have opened pre-registration to 17-year-olds.