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To use AI tools effectively, local leaders must optimize documents and information for AI, implement guardrails, and rely on human expertise to evaluate risks and benefits.
While less plentiful, multifamily loans pack a bigger CRA punch than single-family loans While multifamily lending is smaller than single-family lending, it has an outsize effect in meeting the needs of low- and moderate-income communities.Four lessons on federal crisis response from ten years of foreclosure counseling The National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling program helped 2.14 million homeowners after the crisis of 2008.Los Angeles County is taking steps to prevent discrimination against housing voucher holders Of five sites studied by Urban, Los Angeles was the most challenging in which to find housing with a voucher.A five-point strategy for reducing the black homeownership gap In the past 15 years, black homeownership rates have declined to levels not seen since the 1960s.How volunteers conduct a one-night survey to better gauge homelessness Volunteering for the "Point-in-Time" count means spending the night talking to people who may be experiencing homelessness.Five recommendations for agencies to best harness Trump’s executive order on AI On Monday, President Trump signed an executive order aiming to ensure America's leadership in artificial intelligence.