How Are the AG Settlement Funds Being Used?
Enterprise Community Partners has issued a new report on what all 50 states are doing with funds received from the national mortgage settlement. It's a comprehensive filing, but acknowledges that while some […]
It’s All FHA’s Fault!
While we're used to seeing articles that blame the homeowner for some part of the housing crisis, some of the articles that come over the transom give us pause for […]
Detroit: Precise Associates
“When we try to stabilize neighborhoods, rather than being scattered in approach, we try to buy as many properties as possible in a given location and then protect our investment […]
New Jersey: Community Asset Preservation Corporation
“One of the main challenges in preserving neighborhoods everywhere is figuring out how to better establish a permanent, durable, capital pool that is more resilient than the ongoing foreclosure crisis.” […]
FHFA’s DeMarco: Finally Coming Around on Principal Reduction?
Speaking at an event at the Brookings Institution, Addressing the Weak Housing Market: Is Principal Reduction the Answer?, FHFA Acting Director Ed DeMarco, previously resitant to the idea of principal […]
CAP Report Argues Shared Appreciation Strategy for GSEs
A new report from the Center for American Progress sets it sites on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as it urges the FHFA to consider a principal reduction pilot program for […]
Greening the Affordable Housing Business Model
Enterprise Community Partners has formed the National Multifamily Energy Services Collaborative intended to “design and implement a full suite of green services to help older multifamily properties realize the significant […]
Are Things Really Looking Up in the Housing Market?
Where are those “green shoots” in the housing market? With unemployement numbers slowly coming down, and with the economy making small, but sustained advances, we've also heard some good news […]
Church Foreclosures on the Rise
Boston’s historic Charles Street AME never missed a mortgage payment, but the church could not refinance and ultimately fell in arrears on its $4 million construction loan to be used […]
The Lifecycle of Predatory Equity
The New York City Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB) has a new report out that examines the “lifecycle” of predatory equity—a practice where real-estate speculators over-leverage buildings with the intention […]
Partnership Potential: Land Banks and Community Land Trusts
In October 2011 a coalition of Philadelphia-based community, faith, and labor groups under the umbrella of the Campaign to Take Back Vacant Land, the Women’s Community Revitalization Project, and Shelterforce […]
Connecticut’s Affordable Housing Commitment
Earlier this month, Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy announced a proposal that would increase the state's commitment to affordable housing by appropriating more than $330 million to renovate and create affordable, […]