En Mass.: CDCs Generate $1B in Economic Investment from ‘07 to ‘10
A new report issued by the Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations that documents the collective impact of CDCs across the state shows CDCs have been a boon to economic […]
Million Dollar Wasteland? Responses to HOME Investigation
Recently, The Washington Post ran a series, Million-Dollar Wasteland, that waded through layers of project mismanagement and bureaucracy depicting the shortcomings of the HOME program, the federal government’s largest block […]
State of the Nation’s Housing: 2011
New data from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies show that the Great Recession that has plagued all sectors of the housing market continues to place considerable strain on renters, […]
Making HAMP Achievable
Despite now-stalled attempts by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to end a cocktail of foreclosure programs — Home Affordable Modification Program, Neighborhood Stabilization Program, and the Emergency Homeowner Loan Program […]
With Cuts in Housing Counseling Funds, It’s Wait and See
Laura Buxbaum, the director of housing resource and policy development at the Maine-based Costal Enterprises Inc. showed up at this year’s National Community Reinvestment Coalition conference to hear about what […]
Budget Cuts and Homeless Veterans
In March, as part of a series looking at the impact of state and local budget cuts on communities across the country, New Jersey Rep. Rush Holt examined the potentially-devastating […]
Bostic on Green Finance: Investing in Sustainable Outcomes
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta has posted a brief, informative interview with Raphael Bostic, HUD Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, on energy-efficient housing and the role of […]
NLIHC Report: Rental Homes Remain Out of Reach
The gap between income and rent continues to widen, and “high unemployment, falling wages, and low rental vacancy rates driven by a post-recession return to renting have combined to put […]
Twin Cities’ Central Corridor Light Rail Gets a Big Boost
Here’s some great news for a transit project happening in Minneapolis-St. Paul that has brought together transportation and equity advocates in not only creating neighborhood connectivity but also establishing rail […]
Can’t Offer Housing Counseling Without the Funding
One of the highlights of this year’s National Community Reinvestment Coalition conference was the luncheon on Day 2, which took place in the Hart Senate building after NCRC members broke […]
Benton Harbor and the Continued Golf Course Wars
The little twin cities of St. Joseph and Benton Harbor—two lakefront localities in southwest Michigan—are divided by a cultural rift far wider than their opposing banks. St. Joseph is 90 […]
“The Fight Continues.”
Michael De Los Santos, community organizer and outreach and project coordinator with the Community Reinvestment Association of North Carolina talks about working within communities served by his organization, spoke with […]