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Community and Economic Development – Blog by UNC School of Government https://ced.sog.unc.edu What @sog_ced is reading online: October 2022By CED News and Social MediaPublished October 31, 2022
Items of interest related to CED in North Carolina: Case studies of mobile home owners forming cooperatives to own the land underneath their homes. bit.ly/3D1W1M3. See also Maureen Berner’s post on mobile homes as a significant source of affordable housing in NC. bit.ly/3ySajgR The School of Government property tax law expert, Chris McLaughlin, evaluates possible bias in property tax appeals. unc.live/3SEV3f6 Colleagues at the UNC Kenan Institute are looking at the Gross Domestic Products (GDPs) of the most populous “extended metropolitan areas” across the nation. In North Carolina, Charlotte and the Triangle showed strong GDP growth in 2022, while Greensboro was flat. unc.live/3z8XvTq DFI in the news: The Well revisits one of the 2019 stops of the Tar Heel Bus Tour, downtown Kannapolis, and describes DFI’s work there and the City’s successful revitalization effort. unc.live/3eAcyP7 Other CED Items: Explanation of new Enterprise fund with shared equity model: Fund acquires multifamily housing, allows renters to earn equity if they pay rent on time, and the fund attracts impact investors with a modest return. bit.ly/3W5kbOa Is this company’s algorithm responsible for rent going up in many metros across the nation? https://t.co/yZBWi57hP6 Large cities across the country are looking to transform vacant office buildings into housing. Is this a solution for housing shortages, and will the trend extend to smaller cities? bit.ly/3rotpH9 Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta blog looks at whether office buildings are being converted to residential units in response to work-from-home pressures (they aren’t). bit.ly/3T8pASF Last month’s edition of “What @sog_ced is reading….” September 2022 Compiled by Tyler Mulligan |
Published October 31, 2022 By CED News and Social Media
The following are articles and reports on the web that the Community and Economic Development Program at the UNC School of Government shared through social media over the past month. Follow us on twitter or facebook to receive regular updates.
Items of interest related to CED in North Carolina:
Case studies of mobile home owners forming cooperatives to own the land underneath their homes. bit.ly/3D1W1M3. See also Maureen Berner’s post on mobile homes as a significant source of affordable housing in NC. bit.ly/3ySajgR
The School of Government property tax law expert, Chris McLaughlin, evaluates possible bias in property tax appeals. unc.live/3SEV3f6
Colleagues at the UNC Kenan Institute are looking at the Gross Domestic Products (GDPs) of the most populous “extended metropolitan areas” across the nation. In North Carolina, Charlotte and the Triangle showed strong GDP growth in 2022, while Greensboro was flat. unc.live/3z8XvTq
DFI in the news:
The Well revisits one of the 2019 stops of the Tar Heel Bus Tour, downtown Kannapolis, and describes DFI’s work there and the City’s successful revitalization effort. unc.live/3eAcyP7
Other CED Items:
Explanation of new Enterprise fund with shared equity model: Fund acquires multifamily housing, allows renters to earn equity if they pay rent on time, and the fund attracts impact investors with a modest return. bit.ly/3W5kbOa
Is this company’s algorithm responsible for rent going up in many metros across the nation? https://t.co/yZBWi57hP6
Large cities across the country are looking to transform vacant office buildings into housing. Is this a solution for housing shortages, and will the trend extend to smaller cities? bit.ly/3rotpH9
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta blog looks at whether office buildings are being converted to residential units in response to work-from-home pressures (they aren’t). bit.ly/3T8pASF
Last month’s edition of “What @sog_ced is reading….” September 2022
Compiled by Tyler Mulligan
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