Little Living Goes a Long Way
As Seattle continues its efforts to expand its affordable housing stock (and housing options), tiny so-called cottages are popping up in its backyards. The city recently changed its zoning rules […]
Why Was ShoreBank Allowed to Fail?
In August, when the FDIC seized ShoreBank of Chicago, it represented the demise of the oldest community development bank in the United States. The bank, according to its Web site, […]
Columbia Gets Green Light for Expansion
A controversial, 17-acre expansion of Columbia University’s Harlem campus received a nod from the New York Court of Appeals, which overturned a lower court decision, tentatively allowing the university to […]
Adolfo Carrion: A Brief History
First it was the Office of Urban Policy. Then, at the time of its launch in 2009, it quietly turned into the Office of Urban Affairs: a small, but interesting […]
Best Practices for Volunteerism
Here are some basic practices that any volunteer effort should utilize.
Punitive Measures for Walk-Aways
A few years ago, we warned that lenders, particularly GSEs like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, would take punitive measures on people who made strategic defaults on their homes, and […]
Foreclosure-Free (Almost) Homeownership
Homeowners in community land trusts (CLTs) across the nation continue to have substantially lower delinquency and foreclosure rates than owners of market-rate homes, according to survey results released recently by […]
Filling the Talent Pool in Newark
Talk about an educated community. Newark, New Jersey, has given the green light to a “teachers village” that will comprise three charter schools, 1,000 students, and 221 units of workforce […]
NHI’s John Atlas to Discuss New ACORN Book
John Atlas, a founder of the National Housing Institute and Shelterforce, will appear today in the 1 p.m. hour (eastern) on WNYC’s Leonard Lopate Show to discuss his new book, […]
Housing Advocacy Group Gets $5M Anonymous Donation
From the National Low Income Housing Coalition The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) announced today that it had received an anonymous $5 million donation from a consortium of Coalition […]
Reporting From The National Low Income Housing Coalition’s 2010 Annual Housing Policy Conference
Rooflines, the blog of the National Housing Institute will be reporting live from the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s 2010 Annual Housing Policy Conference. Highlights will include presentations from HUD […]
Live Blogging From NCRC 2010 Conference
Rooflines will be live blogging from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s 2010 National Conference beginning Wednesday, March 10. Join us here at Rooflines as we cover this important annual event […]