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The legal costs associated with compliance have become a significant line item in operating budgets, diverting precious resources away from the core mission of providing quality affordable housing.
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Miranda Darden-Willems, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2025
Yet, due to lower interest rates, this line item will likely decline or experience slower growth in 2025.
—Gurufocus, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Many programs, about 22 line items, were zeroed out.
—NBC News, 9 Mar. 2025
One of his sixth graders was disabled; a special-education teacher was retained on his behalf, but the line item was hard to justify.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Miranda Darden-Willems, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2025
Yet, due to lower interest rates, this line item will likely decline or experience slower growth in 2025.
—Gurufocus, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Many programs, about 22 line items, were zeroed out.
—NBC News, 9 Mar. 2025
One of his sixth graders was disabled; a special-education teacher was retained on his behalf, but the line item was hard to justify.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Line item.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20item. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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