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Neighborhood Stabilization and Safety in North East Philadelphia

Publication Date: 12/1/2010
By John Kromer and Christopher Kingsley Published by The Penn Fels Institute of Government This publication presents data on demographic and social indicators for the Association of Puerto Ricans on the March (APM) target area, Southwest Center City, and Philadelphia as a whole. The findings...

REO & Vacant Properties: Strategies for Neighborhood Stabilization

Publication Date: 9/1/2010
By the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston and Cleveland A complete overview of the scope and problem of real estate-owned and vacant properties and detailed solutions on addressing blight. Download the full report...

Neighborhood Stabilization and Land Banking

Publication Date: 11/1/2009
By Frank Alexander, Professor of Law at Emory University and General Counsel and Director of Policy and Research for the Center for Community Progress Published by The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston With the provision for land banking in the Neighborhood Stabilization Program created by the...

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...

Housing Finance and the Foreclosure Crisis: Local Impacts and Resources

Publication Date: 4/1/2008
By Christina McFarland and William McGahan, National League of Cities National League of Cities conducted a poll of 211 elected officials to find how conditions were changing in their communities as a result of the housing finance and foreclosure crisis—from an increase in the foreclosure...

Leveraging Code Enforcement for Neighborhood Safety: Insights for Community Developers

Publication Date: 7/1/2007
By Joe Schilling, Associate Director of the Metropolitan Institute and Senior Advisor to the Center for Community Progress, and Elizabeth Schilling, Policy Manager for Smart Growth America Published by LISC Drawing on the best-practice strategies employed by winners of the MetLife Foundation...