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Brookings: Conference Should Address Urban Inequality

A key element of the United Nation’s upcoming Habitat III Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development should be its attention to the various dimensions of urban inequality, including a more strategic focus on physical access, according to Jeffrey Guttman and Nirav Patel of the Brookings Institution.

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Why Bank Discrimination Seems to be Going Unpunished

Why do cases involving egregious allegations of banking or lending discrimination in communities of color seem to be going nowhere? A senior advisor at the Washington, DC-based National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), argues for some changes to the way the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) is applied.

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Money Anxiety Index: Brexit Could Lead to U.S. Recession

The most immediate and adverse impact of the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union (a.k.a., Brexit) is financial uncertainty, which is the main cause of money anxiety. Higher money anxiety translates into lower spending and higher savings, which could slow down the U.S. economy or even push it into a recession over time.

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SCOTUS Garland Nomination DOA? Maybe ... Maybe Not

The recent nomination of Chief Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court of the United States may very possibly be the shrewdest move of President Barack Obama’s entire political career. If nothing else, it places Senate Republicans in the unenviable position of being caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place.

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HUD Prepares for 2016 Push on Fair Housing

Using the new regulations and four new “fact” or guidance sheets (employed to circumvent lengthy congressional scrutiny required in regulation development), HUD is set to begin enforcement of the new Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule attached to the 1968 Fair Housing Act this year.

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Prediction: Grassroots Effort to Push Liberal Transportation Agenda

Some of the original revenue-raising proposals were extremely controversial, including a plan to take money from the Social Security Trust fund that would otherwise have been paid to people with outstanding arrest warrants.

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Now That a Budget Agreement is in Place, What Comes Next?

The 2014-2015 budget agreement Congress approved Wednesday (Dec 18) is the first of what will be several important developments in the coming weeks that likely will have a direct impact on grant-making and other domestic funding.

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