December 18, 2015
Friday’s Government Reports Roundup
HUD, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Labor released “Veterans Homelessness Prevention Demonstration (VHPD) Evaluation Final Report” evaluating a program designed by Silber & Associates and the Urban Institute. CFPB released report on student loan financing finding … Continue reading
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December 16, 2015
America’s Rental Housing
The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University has issued America’s Rental Housing: Expanding Options for Diverse and Growing Demand. The report concludes, The need for rental housing that low- and moderate-income households can afford is already great and … Continue reading
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Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
The Liquidity Crisis, Investor Sentiment, and REIT Returns and Volatility, Daniel Huerta, Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, Forthcoming. Counting Casualties in Communities Hit Hardest by the Foreclosure Crisis, Matthew J. Rossman, Utah Law Review (2016 Forthcoming). Climate Change and … Continue reading
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December 14, 2015
Monday’s Adjudication Roundup
EB-5 fraud case will get a jury trial contrary to the request from the SEC. The court rejected the SEC’s attempt to block it claiming it came too late. Wells Fargo settles with a group of homeowners for $25.7 million … Continue reading
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December 11, 2015
Friday’s Government Reports
The U.S. Census Bureau has released the latest batch of data from it’s American Community Survey on Small Area Income and Poverty statistics.
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December 10, 2015
Thursday’s Advocacy & Think Round-Up
The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies has released America’s Rental Housing: Expanding Options for Diverse and Growing Demand in which it finds that the last ten years have seem an unprecedented growth in the demand for rental housing.
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December 9, 2015
Wednesday’s Academic Roundup
On the Value of Shared Bike Systems in Urban Environments: Evidence from the Real Estate Markets, Konstantinos Pelechrinis, Marios Kokkodis & Theodoros Lappas. Planning an Affordable City, David Schleicher & Roderick M. Hills, Jr., Iowa Law Review, Vol. 101, pp. … Continue reading
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