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Redefining "Rust Belt": An Exchange of Strategies by the Cities of Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit and PhiladelphiaPublication Date: 9/1/2013
Published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
On June 18th, 2013, community leaders from the cities of Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia engaged in a discussion on the successes and challenges they face in efforts to revitalize their cities. This event,...
Long Term Social Impacts and Financial Costs of Foreclosures on Families and Communities of Color: A Review of the LiteraturePublication Date: 10/1/2012
By James H. Carr and Katrin B. Anacker
This white paper discusses the impact of the U.S. foreclosure crisis on the wealth, homeownership rate, and small business financing for communities of color. Through a review of the literature, authors conclude that the economic opportunities eroded much...
2011 Community Progress Annual ReportPublication Date: 5/11/2012
We formed Community Progress in 2010 to offer cutting edge information, tools and support to communities fighting to prevent abandonment and create strategies for productive reuse of property. Our 2011 annual report – our first as an organization – documents both the practical...
"The U.S. Housing Market: Current Conditions and Policy Considerations"Publication Date: 1/4/2012
A compelling and data-rich new January 4 Federal Reserve white paper – "The U.S. Housing Market: Current Conditions and Policy Considerations" – looks at key problems faced by the housing market and offers a framework for thinking about issues and tradeoffs for policymakers to...
Vacant Properties: Growing Number Increases Communities' Costs and ChallengesPublication Date: 11/4/2011
The Government Accounting Office – the GAO – has released a report on vacant properties, analyzing costs and consequences for local communities (Community Progress associates assisted in research, along with experts from around the country). GAO was asked to examine trends in...
Reinventing America's Legacy Cities: Strategies for Cities Losing PopulationPublication Date: 7/1/2011
By The 110th American Assembly
While most U.S. cities are rebounding from their nadir a decade or two ago with healthier downtowns, neighborhoods, and local economies, other cities with rich historical heritages and valuable resources for the nation’s future are experiencing severe...
National Community Stabilization Trust's REO MatchPublication Date: 1/1/2011
REO Match is a bridge between financial institutions and local housing providers across the country that provides a platform to give local housing providers a clear, consistent, and straight path to acquire foreclosed and abandoned properties from financial institutions. Municipalities and other...
Mortgage Foreclosures: Additional Mortgage Servicer Actions Could Help Reduce the Frequency and Impact of Abandoned ForeclosuresPublication Date: 11/1/2010
By the U.S. Government Accountability Office
Based on studying mortgage servicer data and interviews, this GAO report delivers an analysis of the prevalence and impact of "bank walkaways" and actions locals are taking to mitigate the impacts of abandoned foreclosures.
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Presentations from the 2010 Reclaiming Vacant Properties conferencePublication Date: 10/13/2010
By multiple presenters
Nearly 1,000 people attended the third national Reclaiming Vacant Properties conference was held October 13-15, 2010 at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel. While the issues of vacancy, abandonment, and foreclosure have had a profound effect on the well-being of the...
A Full Response to an Empty House: Public Safety Strategies for Addressing Mortgage Fraud and the Foreclosure CrisisPublication Date: 5/1/2010
By Robert V. Wolf, Center for Court Innovation
In 2009, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (U.S. Department of Justice) brought together experts to examine solutions to the mortgage fraud, vacancies, and neighborhood instability that had been fueled by changes in the economy. The Center for Court...
Emerging Trends: State Actions to Tackle the Foreclosure Crisis. National Governors Association Center for Best PracticesPublication Date: 2/1/2009
By Stephanie Casey Pierce
This report explores the policies and programs states have created to continue responding to the growing foreclosure crisis, as well as the factors that affect states' responses, including the weakening national economy, which has put pressures on state budgets, and new...
Code Enforcement and Community Stabilization: The Forgotten First Responders to Vacant and Foreclosed Homes.Publication Date: 1/1/2009
By Joseph Schilling for the Albany Government Law Review
This article begins with a national perspective on the community impacts of the foreclosure crisis and includes a snapshot survey of local code enforcement officials. It then focuses on the policy and political controversy over vacant...
Transforming Vacant Properties into Community AssetsPublication Date: 11/1/2008
Published by The Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at New York University
This report outlines the causes for the foreclosure crisis, problems in the market specifically for foreclosed properties, the opportunities for interventions (land banking, enhanced code enforcement, vacant...
Land Banking as Metropolitan PolicyPublication Date: 10/1/2008
By Frank S. Alexander This new report, part of Brookings' Blueprint for American Prosperity initiative advocates for effective and efficient federal land banking policy. Alexander notes that the 2008 Emergency Assistance Act is the first recognition of land banking in federal legislation, but also...
Vacant and Abandoned Properties: Survey of the Best PracticesPublication Date: 6/1/2008
By The U.S. Conference of Mayors Vacant and Abandoned Properties Task Force; 6/2008
This report is a compilation of best practices to combat problems of vacant and abandoned properties in 27 cities. It also includes survey data brief survey on the impact that the mortgage foreclosure crisis is...
Seven Ways Foreclosures Impact CommunitiesPublication Date: 1/1/2008
By Christine Vidmar for NeighborWorksAmerica; 8/2008
This report describes and explains the seven ways that foreclosures impact the surrounding community: increased crime, communities take a financial hit, members of a community are more vulnerable to financial scams, youth experience stress and...
U.S. Metro Economies: The Mortgage Crisis--Economic and Fiscal Impacts for Metro AreasPublication Date: 11/1/2007
By The United States Conference of Mayors and the Council for the New American City; 11/2007
This 2007 report lists and illustrates the effects the foreclosure crisis would begin to have on the U.S. national economy beginning in 2008. Effects discussed include a lower GDP with significantly...
From Boom to Bust: Helping Families Prepare for the Rise in Subprime Mortgage ForeclosuresPublication Date: 3/1/2007
By Almas Sayeed, Center for American Progress
This paper examines the cause of the foreclosure crisis and lays out four steps to help ameliorate this rise in the foreclosure rate. These four steps include awarding federal grants to expand and enhance current mortgage assistance and foreclosure...
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