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Economic Impacts of the Ingham County Land Bank (2006-2012)Publication Date: 8/29/2013
BY THE MSU LAND POLICY INSTITUTE FOR THE INGHAM COUNTY LAND BANK FAST TRACK AUTHORITY, TREASURER’S OFFICE, INGHAM COUNTY, MICHIGAN
The primary objective of this research is to determine what, if any, positive effect Land Bank activities have on nearby property values and...
Regenerating America's Legacy CitiesPublication Date: 6/25/2013
By Alan Mallach, Center for Community Progress and Lavea Brachman, Greater Ohio Policy Center
In this policy brief, Mallach and Brachman analyze 18 cities that have experienced significant population and job loss, highlighting their existing obstacles as well as opportunities. The...
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...
Cut to Invest - Create New Bond and Tax Credit Programs to Restore Market Vitality to America's Distressed Cities and NeighborhoodsPublication Date: 12/6/2012
By Alan Mallach, Brookings Institution
Community Progress Fellow and non-resident Brookings Institution Fellow, Alan Mallach, calls on Congress to create a new, multi-faceted Strategic Neighborhood Investment Program (SNIP) to help stabilize neighborhoods impacted by the foreclosure crisis. The...
The City After AbandonmentPublication Date: 11/22/2012
By Margaret Dewer and June Manning Thomas, Editors
The City After Abandonment offers a collection of essays from urban planning and policy experts that examine what strategies cities are taking to address widespread vacancy and abandonment, especially in the case of weak markets. The book...
Laying the Groundwork for Change: Demolition, urban strategy, and policy reformPublication Date: 9/24/2012
By Alan Mallach, Brookings Institution
Community Progress Fellow and non-resident Brookings Institution Fellow, Alan Mallach, addresses the growing demand for demolition across the country in this 2012 white paper with the Brookings Institution. He argues that there is a need for a more...
Alan Mallach on the Future of US Housing Policy: Radio InterviewPublication Date: 10/25/2010
Alan Mallach, Senior Fellow at the Center for Community Progress and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Policy Program, speaks about the future of housing policy with KNPR's Louis Herndandez on the State of Nevada (SON) news program. Alan touches on the federal...
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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Facing the Urban Challenge: Reimagining Land Use in America's Distressed Older Cities - The Federal Policy RolePublication Date: 5/1/2010
By Alan Mallach for The Brookings Institution
As many of the country’s older cities grapple with steady population loss, this report analyzes how the federal government can shape local planning and efficient land use.
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Bringing Buildings Back: From Abandoned Properties to Community AssetsPublication Date: 4/1/2010
By Alan Mallach, Senior Research Fellow of the National Housing Institute and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution
Bringing Buildings Back provides policymakers and practitioners with an in-depth guide to understanding and dealing with the many ramifications that vacant and abandoned...
Stabilizing Communities: A Federal Response to the Secondary Impacts of the Foreclosure CrisisPublication Date: 2/2/2009
By Alan Mallach
This policy brief outlines the principal elements that would constitute a federal role in mitigating the secondary, community-level impacts of the foreclosure crisis. After an initial section that summarizes the scope of the crisis as of the end of 2008, the paper briefly reviews...
Tackling the Mortgage Crisis: 10 Actions for State GovernmentPublication Date: 5/1/2008
By Alan Mallach for The Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program; 5/2008
This paper describes how state government can tackle both the immediate problems caused by the wave of mortgage foreclosures and prevent the same thing from happening again. After a short overview of the...
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