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State of the Union Follow-Up: What About Rising Rents?

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State of the Union Follow-Up: What About Rising Rents? Biden’s first State of the Union address outlined his administration’s plan to build back the nation after the devastating and costly COVID-19 pandemic, but absent from his speech was an objective to cut housing costs. Housing Policy + Finance. Housing Policy + Finance.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: Construction job openings, pay rose at.

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Both New York and the San Francisco area, where a technology boom has pushed rents up rapidly, are seeing a few speculative office buildings break ground. ” Private-sector employment and union membership increased at the same rate from 2010 to 2011, leaving membership at 6.9% Corporate Finance Associates blog.

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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Furthermore, Arizona is a right-to-work state with a very low unionization rate, one of the lowest unemployment insurance tax rates in the nation, and workers compensations rates that are much lower than the national average. In 2016, U.S.

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Heroic Efforts In California

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Renovate America partners with cities and counties to provide financing solutions that help save energy, lower utility bills, reduce emissions, create new jobs and increase property values. HERO offers low, fixed financing terms to incentivize property owners to make the energy-efficient choice when making home upgrades.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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Pennsylvania’s decision to consolidate hundreds of bridge projects into a single procurement financed by a bond fund managed by a new Public-Private Partnership (P3) should serve as a model for the rest of the country. The $722-million project is the largest private-activity bond financing of a public-private partnership in the U.S.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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CAPCO financing, an alternative to conventional bank financing, can accommodate a slightly higher risk profile and provide a more flexible structure for growing businesses. Terms for both are normally 10-20 years and can finance up to 100 percent of the project costs. It allows for the construction of roads, bridges, etc.

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

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Family Trust Federal Credit Union was one of the first businesses to open their new headquarters at Knowledge Park. percent increase in technology jobs, second only to San Francisco and ahead of Austin, Boston and other innovation hubs. Photo: Mike Baker). and Denver. CAPITOL’S CLUSTER GROWS IN DULLES TECH CORRIDOR.