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This article examines bulk sales of municipal property tax liens in the formerly industrial city of Waterbury, Connecticut, USA, in the 1990s, in order to explore the limits and contradictions of neoliberal local governance strategies. In the USA, cities and states create property tax liens by...
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government performance in affordable housing. It builds on a larger body of research concerning the affordable housing activities … of government and community‐based nonprofit housing organizations at the local level. Design/methodology/approach – This … analysis is based on a national survey of neighborhood housing services (NHS) organizations funded by Neighborworks ® America …
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Examines the relationship between the Government and private housing associations within the framework of rented … housing reform. Identifies the factors which limit housing associations and may prevent later more genuinely private sector … involvement in low‐cost rented housing provision. Concludes that the finance of housing associations should be carefully watched …
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Building Cities reviews the experiences of the Latin American and Caribbean region in the design and implementation of neighbourhood upgrading programmes. The volume has a particular focus on the lessons learned by specialists of the Inter-American Development Bank and their technical and...
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Despite a recent expansion in housing finance, Brazil still faces a severe housing shortage, especially among lower …-income people, and it is important to examine the development, limitations and prospects of the country's housing finance market … contractual obligations or is merely an effect of the higher level of housing loans imposed by the government on financial …
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Using micro data on judicial proceedings in Uruguay, this paper presents evidence that female defendants receive more favorable treatment in courts than male defendants. This is due to longer foreclosure proceedings and higher probabilities of being granted extensions in evictions and...
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