Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and The Role of Public Participation

This dissertation analyzes the role of public participation and the implementation of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) funded developments in higher socio-economic communities. Using archival research, participant observation, and in-depth interviews, the dissertation examines the placement of North Court Villas, Frisco, Texas and 2640 Fountain View, Houston, Texas. The literature shows that the placement of LIHTC-funded developments continues to be distributed in low-income communities. Housing policies have not been able to resolve these imbalances, which has resulted in multiple court interventions. However, court rulings have not sufficiently addressed the aspects of public participation of these developments. Research shows that these developments are normally met in higher socio-economic communities with the same level of public resistance as any development associated with Not In MyBack Yard (NIMBY). Little is known about how local institutional actions on public participation have positively skewed the supply of LIHTC-funded developments in communities with higher economic opportunities. This dissertation uses archival research as an initial assessment to pinpoint the stakeholders who were actively engaged within the studied areas. Individual contact with stakeholders for an interview was initiated via e-mail, telephone, and various social media platforms. Following each interview, a snowball sampling took place where each participant was encouraged to refer other members within their community for an interview. 25 community stakeholders agreed to an in-person or virtual meeting. In addition, public hearings were used to corroborate and enhance the data was the collected from the interviews. The usage of three data collection methods resulted in the discovery of three themes: communication, space (location) and time. The data shows that the three themes serve as a crucial component to the way local stakeholders effectively utilize public participation to implement LIHTC-funded developments in higher socio-economic communities. Lastly, the themes show that greater public participation of residents in the decision-making process will lead to a greater probability of acceptance of LIHTC-funded development in higher socio-economic communities than in similar communities where public participation is minimal

The cost of restricting corporate takeovers: a lesson from Switzerland

Consolidation and merger of corporations ; Switzerland

35th Anniversary History Book

More than 35 years ago, a small group of community members gathered in a Frisco coffee shop and talked about the need for a community college in Collin County. As a result of that early discussion, Collin College has grown from part-time faculty teaching evening college classes inside area high school classrooms to a renowned higher education institution with five campuses and four centers serving a growing community. For more information regarding the history of Collin College, see the 35th Anniversary Collection

Spartan Daily, January 27, 1943

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Spartan Daily, January 27, 1943

Volume 31, Issue 70https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/10731/thumbnail.jp

Spartan Daily, January 27, 1943

Volume 31, Issue 70https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/10731/thumbnail.jp

Spartan Daily, January 27, 1943

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Summer 2014

The Official Community Newsletter for Collin College Connection is the college\u27s award-winning community newsletter published three times a year to inform members of the Collin County community about college news, awards, events, and more.https://digitalcommons.collin.edu/connection/1009/thumbnail.jp

Equivocal invitations (in English)

Examining a corpus of invitations made in telephone calls, in English (US and UK), there is evidently some variation in the design of turns in which the invitations are made, in their lexico-grammatical format. The variations in the forms through which these invitations are delivered are associated, broadly speaking, with two intersecting contingencies; the sequential and interactional circumstances (environment) in which the invitation is being made, and the kind of occasion that is represented in the invitation. The ways in which the design form(at) of an invitation is shaped by its interactional environment and represents a particular ‘kind of occasion’ is explored here. However, there is something further which, across the variations in their specific lexico-grammatical design, these designs tend to have in common – that is, that they are variations of equivocal forms of invitation (in contrast to grammatically ‘assertive’ forms); that is there is an uncertainty, a tentativeness in asking, amounting to a kind of cautiousness. This paper reports these equivocal forms through which invitations are most commonly made

Socorro Chieftain, 03-24-1900

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