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• Sandy Aid Money Not Yet Flowing

  Congress authorized funding for Hurricane Sandy emergency relief in January. But the actual money hasn’t started flowing yet.

• Congress Tackles Efficiency

• Congress Tackles Flood Insurance Reform Agains

• JLC Report

  Sprinkler foes buoyed by Pennsylvania victory; federal court rejects challenge to revised OSHA fall-protection rules; more

• JLC Report

  Big builders push for energy-efficiency initiative; remodeling shows signs of rebound; San Francisco battles sewer sludge; more

• Florida Senate Advances Property Insurance Rewrite

• JLC Report

  OSHA moves to limit alternative fall protection; Senate votes to repeal much-criticized tax provision; Californians snap up smog-eating tile roofs; more

• Opportunity's (Hard) Knock

• The Community Reinvestment Act Shows its Age

  The Community Reinvestment Act hasn't changed much since it passed in 1977. But the evolution of the banking industry has exposed some flaws in the way CRA is administered.

• HUD's Chris Tawa Looks Ahead as Agency Refocuses on Affordable

  Chris Tawa, a senior advisor in HUD's office of multifamily housing programs, looked back on the changes he's helped to enact while giving a preview of what borrowers can expect to see out of the FHA in 2011.