Now that the Democratic Party has an office there, says Mr Fong, the housing department takes swifter note of residents' requests and complaints.
The jump in sales of newly-built homes is of particular note, as housing construction has typically played a lead role in past US economic recoveries.
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Putting his forecasting abilities to use, Hatzius told Forbes the U.S. will narrowly avoid recession, as the private sector continues to deleverage and the housing sector remains under water (note the poor performance of JPMorgan in its recent earnings and the expectations that Citi and others will disappoint as well). (Read Occupy Wall Street, JPMorgan, And The Fall Of The Banks).
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Critics note it hampers the building of new housing near energy fields.
The housing market is expected to end the year on a "flat note", according to a survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
At the same meeting, Chairman Ben Bernanke noted that housing was "very weak" and manufacturing was slowing but sounded an optimistic note.
Mr. Moelis and others note that is particularly true for the kind of middle-income housing Ms. Quinn is pushing for, which usually requires more capital from banks and private investors.
Nominal home prices, they note could push nominal prices in 2015 to exceed levels reached during the housing bubble.
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One more note on house prices: Steroid Cities tend to have a lot of cheap housing to accommodate their rapid growth in service-industry jobs.
Mello believes that smoking could be regulated in public housing in the same way that drugs and alcohol are, but she and her co-authors note that penalties -- including eviction- may be hard to impose.
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