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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,...
The Role of Investors in the Single-Family Market in Distressed Neighborhoods: The Case of AtlantaPublication Date: 2/5/2013
By Dan Immergluck
As a result of the housing crisis, Atlanta has experienced a significant increase in the number of investor-owned single-family properties. This study seeks to describe the flow of single-family properties coming out REO status and the behavior of...
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...
Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization Corporation: the Beginning, the Present, and Beyond, 2009 - 2011Publication Date: 11/17/2011
By W. Dennis Keating, PhD, Cleveland State University
Dennis Keating of Cleveland State University in Ohio spent six weeks with Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization staff to learn more about the inner workings of the land bank, and compiled that information into a comprehensive report about one of...
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...
Recapturing Land for Economic and Fiscal GrowthPublication Date: 5/3/2011
By Alan Mallach, Senior Fellow at Center for Community Progress and Senior Non-Resident Fellow at The Brookings Institution's Metropolitian Policy Program and Jennifer S. Vey, Fellow at The Brooking Institution's Metropolitan Policy Program
Vacant land and abandoned properties create a...
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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Meeting the Challenge of Distressed Property Investors in America's NeighborhoodsPublication Date: 10/1/2010
By Alan Mallach for LISC
This report takes a thorough look at the growing impact of distressed property investors and offers a range of actions local governments and CDCs can take to encourage responsible ownership.
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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...
When Investors Buy Up the Neighborhood: Preventing Investor Ownership from Causing Neighborhood DeclinePublication Date: 4/1/2010
By Sarah Treuhaft, Kalima Rose and Karen Black
This report released by PolicyLink lays out several strategies for municipalities and private investors aimed at curtailing neglected and irresponsibly-managed REO properties that decimate the value of surrounding communities.
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Intrametropolitan Patterns for Foreclosed HomesPublication Date: 4/1/2009
By Dan Immergluck, Visiting Scholar in Community Affairs at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Associate Professor in City and Regional Planning at Georgia Insititute of Technology
Published by The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
This paper describes the accumulation of REO within...
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...
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...
How to Spend $3.92 Billion: Stabilizing Neighborhoods By Addressing Abandoned and Foreclosed PropertiesPublication Date: 10/1/2008
By Allan Mallach, Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
This report outlines 11 principles that grantees of HUD’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program should use to design programs to maximize the effectiveness of the investment, including comprehensive market analysis,...
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...
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