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Working to Improve Access to Affordable Housing

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The White House plan to address the affordable housing crisis seeks to: • Leverage existing federal funds to spur action that reduces exclusionary zoning. Make more single-family homes available to individuals, families, and nonprofit organizations by limiting the sale of certain FHA-insured and HUD-owned properties to large investors. . .

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Working to Improve Access to Affordable Housing

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The White House plan seeks to: • Leverage existing federal funds to spur action that reduces exclusionary zoning. Make more single-family homes available to individuals, families, and nonprofit organizations by limiting the sale of certain FHA-insured and HUD-owned properties to large investors. . . in small metro urban cores.

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Less Than Half of All U.S. Counties are Affordable for Homeownership

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From there, the cost of mortgage payments, taxes, and insurance were calculated. Counties deemed unaffordable are those with housing costs exceeding 28% of the average household income. The largest metros where homeownership remains affordable on average are Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Tampa. .

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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While the national average of per-capita income going to taxes is 9.9 In addition, Arizona’s taxes on property, gas and personal income remain low compared to the rest of the country. Boasting a population of nearly 500,000, Mesa is the 36th largest city in the United States and second largest in the Phoenix-Mesa metro area.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Income Tax Capital Credit: The Income Tax Capital Credit has been available since 1995. Enterprise Zone Credit or Exemption: The Alabama Enterprise Zone Act (Act. The program provides state and local tax incentives and non-tax incentives to businesses and industries located within Alabama’s Enterprise Zones.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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They utilize community listening posts that included all of the major employers to discuss health care demands and anticipated impacts of changes to health care and insurance requirements. The city has adopted three NH Economic Revitalization Zones, offering corporate tax credits to qualifying businesses.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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Having witnessed income and social class inequities entrenched by corruption on their European mission, and a system in which government officials and business entrepreneurs rarely collaborate to solve civic and social problems, the Ivorys recognized the seeds of similar dynamics in their own backyard. See past Builder of the Year winners.