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Editor: David Reiss
Cornell Law School

November 20, 2015

Promoting Opportunity with Development

By David Reiss

Enterprise Community Partners have posted Promoting Opportunity Through Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (eTOD): Barriers to Success and Best Practices for Implementation. It opens, Development patterns directly relate to a community’s strength. Individual families, the local economy, municipal governments and the environment … Continue reading

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November 20, 2015 in Land Use | Permalink | No Comments

Friday’s Government Reports Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

According to an October 2015 Department of Labor report, 271,000 jobs were added to the US economy in the month of October and the unemployment rate decreased to 5% from 5.1% in September. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released … Continue reading

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November 20, 2015 in Land Use | Permalink | No Comments

November 18, 2015

Wednesday’s Academic Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

Introduction to Special Issue: Government Involvement in Residential Mortgage Markets, W. Scott Frame, Real Estate Economics, Vol. 43, Issue 4, pp. 807–819, 2015 (Paid Access). How Does the Federal Reserve’s Large‐Scale Asset Purchases (LSAPs) Influence Mortgage‐Backed Securities (MBS) Yields and … Continue reading

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November 18, 2015 in Land Use | Permalink | No Comments

November 2, 2015

Monday’s Adjudication Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

Federal judge grants the SEC request for appointment of a receiver for the $136 million EB-5 fraud case involving Path America LLC and its two subsidiaries to monitor the companies to ensure their assets are not lost during the proceedings. … Continue reading

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November 2, 2015 in Land Use | Permalink | No Comments

October 21, 2015

Wednesday’s Academic Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

Clustered Housing Cycles, Ruben Hernandez-Murillo, Michael Owyang & Margarita Rubio, FRB St. Louis Paper No. FEDLWP2-13-021. Crowding Out Effects of Refinancing on New Purchase Mortgages, Steven A. Sharpe & Shane M. Sherlund, FEDS Working Paper No. FEDGFE2015-17. The Determinants of … Continue reading

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October 21, 2015 in Land Use | Permalink | No Comments

September 30, 2015

Inclusionary Housing and Equitable Communities

By David Reiss

The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy has released a policy focus report, Inclusionary Housing: Creating and Maintaining Equitable Communities. The Executive Summary opens, After decades of disinvestment, American cities are rebounding, but new development is often driving housing costs higher and displacing lower-income … Continue reading

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September 30, 2015 in Land Use | Permalink | No Comments

September 23, 2015

Wednesday’s Academic Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

Green Cities? Urbanization, Trade and the Environment, Rainald Borck & Michael Pflüger, IZA Discussion Paper No. 9104. The Impact of Foreclosure Delay on U.S. Employment, Kyle F. Herkenhoff & Lee E. Ohanian, NBER Working Paper No. w21532. Are Bigger Companies … Continue reading

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September 23, 2015 in Land Use | Permalink | No Comments