urban development

Welcome to the 'urban development' tag page at Technorati. This page features content from the farthest reaches of the Blogosphere that authors have "tagged" with 'urban development'.

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “urban development”

• When Jakarta taxpaying communities step in to deal with city issues

  
  wildsingapore news — Authority: 582
  Evi Mariani, Jakarta Post 21 Dec 09;Perhaps inadvertently, Jakarta – like many other cities in the world – has been swept away by the force of the market and neoliberalism, which has consequently transformed the way the city administration works.In his 1989 paper “From Managerialism to Entrepreneurialism: The ...
  21 hours ago

• Unfettered Government: Live It Up Edition

  
  The Classic Liberal Blog — Authority: 524
  As of now, the U.S. National Debt is approximately $12,109,260,252,116.20 (not including another $100,000,000,000,000.00 or so in unfunded liabilities). Now that you have some perspective, lets see what the Political Class is up to. Postal Employees Live It Up! The U.S. Postal Service lost $3.8 billion last ...
  23 hours ago

• Trade Group Warns About Implementing New Booklets

  
  Mortgage-Blog — Authority: 154
  A new settlement costs booklet required under the new Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act rule was published last week, according to a letter from the Consumer Mortgage Coalition to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. But mortgage lenders are expected to implement the new booklet within two ...
  1 day ago

• Gujarat makes voting compulsory in panchayat elections

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Gandhinagar:Gujarat Government on Saturday moved the controversial “The Gujarat Local Authorities Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2009″ the State Assembly which will make voting compulsory in all local body elections of the state.With this Gujarat became the first state to introduce such a law in the country.Speaking on ...
  3 days ago

• Gujarat to make voting a must in local elections

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Gandhinagar, Dec 19 (IANS) A bill to make voting compulsory in all local self government bodies in Gujarat was moved in the state assembly Saturday - the first such move in the country.Piloting the bill, Urban Development Minister Nitin Patel termed it a pioneering move aimed at making democracy more representative ...
  3 days ago

• I Pay Your Salary, Tax Deadbeat

  
  Economix — Authority: 728
  There are plenty of federal workers among the ranks of the tax delinquents, according to new Internal Revenue Service data.
  4 days ago

• Some Short Sale Borrowers Blocked From FHA Financing

  
  Mortgage-Blog — Authority: 154
  The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development outlined in a mortgagee letter requirments for borrowers who have previously utilized a short sale. The letter indicated that some borrowers who used short sales do not qualify for loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration. Borrowers who unloaded their ...
  4 days ago

• HUD announces standards for state compliance with SAFE act

  
  Clarksville, TN Online — Authority: 484
  Establishing standards for registration and licensing of mortgage loan originators WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced publication of a proposed rule setting the minimum standards that states must meet to comply with the Secure and Fair Enforcement Mortgage ...
  4 days ago

• Office for Urban Development and Environment / Sauerbruch Hutton

  
  ArchDaily — Authority: 647
  Sauerbruch Hutton was announced first prize winner for their design of a new home for Hamburg’s Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt/BSU (Office for Urban Development and Environment).  The new colorful BSU building will be erected in Hamburg Wilhelmsburg and is slated for completion in 2013. More images ...
  4 days ago

• New HUD Same as Old

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 753
  By Tad DeHaven U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan recently gave a speech in New York in which he spoke of a “new direction in housing.” If there’s one constant with cabinet secretaries, it’s that they all promise that their department will be new and improved. The ...
  5 days ago

• New Regulations for Reverse Mortgage Counselors

  
  Fisher Funding — Authority: 157
  The Department for Housing and Urban Development (the HUD) and the Federal Housing Administration (the FHA) which are the Federal departments in charge of regulating and guaranteeing … Continue reading here: New Regulations for Reverse Mortgage Counselors
  5 days ago

• New carparks come with gardens, old ones may get green roofs

  
  wildsingapore news — Authority: 582
  Straits Times Forum 17 Dec 09;I THANK Mr Lee Seck Kay for his letter last Thursday, Green option for roofs. We share his view on the benefits of green spaces and have been integrating more greenery into our estates.For new housing projects, we incorporate a roof garden on the top deck of multi-storey carparks, right ...
  5 days ago

• Court orders DDA to allot plots in Rohini scheme

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Giving relief to over 25,000 people who applied for the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) Rohini 1981 scheme, the Delhi High Court Wednesday ordered they should be alloted plots.A division bench of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice S. Muralidhar ordered the allotment of 16,000 plots ...
  6 days ago

• New Regulations For Reverse Mortgage Counselors

  
  Mortgage-Blog — Authority: 154
  The Department for Housing and Urban Development (the HUD) and the Federal Housing Administration (the FHA) which are the Federal departments in charge of regulating and guaranteeing Reverse Mortgages and the Reverse Mortgage Industry. They have just introduced some new rules and regulations for Reverse Mortgage ...
  6 days ago

• Tuas View Extension: Singapores next big port development

  
  wildsingapore news — Authority: 582
  Singapores next port of call may be rising in the westSurveys underway in Tuas View Extension, which looks set to become next big port developmentRonnie Lim and Vincent Wee, Business Times 16 Dec 09;(SINGAPORE) Tuas View Extension - the hockey stick-shaped piece of land at the westernmost tip of Singapore - looks set ...
  6 days ago

• Making living in Punggol a breeze

  
  wildsingapore news — Authority: 582
  NUS researchers mapping out hottest, windiest part of town for future green developmentsGrace Chua, Straits Times 16 Dec 09;RESEARCHERS from the National University of Singapore will attempt to map out where the hottest and windiest parts of Punggol are so that urban developers can plan where to locate future ...
  6 days ago

• Recycled-glass tiles tougher than concrete

  
  wildsingapore news — Authority: 582
  Amresh Gunasingham, Straits Times 16 Dec 09;Ngee Ann student Jocelyn Tay and Dr Sun with samples of tiles made from glass. The next goal is to develop materials with the quality of marble, but cheaper. -- PHOTO: NGEE ANN POLYTECHNICTHOSE old glass dinner plates or wine bottles that normally end up in the dustbin could ...
  6 days ago

• Desperately Needed Homes Sit Unused in Mississippi

  
  Human Rights Now - Amnesty International USA Blog — Authority: 134
  Thousands of residents of the Gulf Coast are unable to exercise their right to return more than four years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita made landfall because of a lack of affordable housing. In Mississippi, however, hundreds of federally funded modular homes like those pictured here sit unused because local ...
  1 week ago

• Tenant given the power to select own builder in case of redevelopment

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 159
  An amendment in the Development Control Regulation 33 (9) pertaining to cluster redevelopment has given tenants of old, cessed buildings in the island city the right to select their own builder. However, the ultimate power to sanction such schemes... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website www.taxguru.in ...
  1 week ago

• 714 Main Restoration Progress

  
  Fort Worthology — Authority: 130
  XTO Energy’s restoration of 714 Main continues at a steady pace. As we previously noted, the building’s original main entrance has been recreated in the center of the Main Street facade, and now the warrior heads atop the window arches are uncovered as well. A closer look reveals more new, interesting ...
  1 week ago

Comments about urban development