shortfalls
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Supporters say fire survivors shouldn’t owe hefty taxes when selling burned-out lots, arguing the break offers basic fairness for families facing insurance shortfalls and steep rebuilding costs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
The revenue shortfalls in Silicon Valley have stoked a wider concern about the sustainability of the massive debt piles accrued to chase the AI-infrastructure building boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
The Resolution Foundation estimates that more than 1.1 million low income renters now face shortfalls between their housing benefit and their actual rent, with the gap expected to reach a record high this October.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
Like culinary dishes, market crashes require specific ingredients: overstretched valuations, high debt levels and cash shortfalls, high volatility, rising capital costs, contagion vectors and poor shock absorbers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
The unemployment caused home foreclosures, leading to shortfalls in property tax receipts, and therefore holes in the school budget.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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