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 […]
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Do you dabble around on Facebook? Of course you do! So why not become a fan of the National Housing Institute for a streamlined, up-to-the-minute source of news, opinion, and […]
Cooper Village & Stuyvesant Town: Can’t Quite Walk Away
When Tishman Speyer Properities and Blackrock announced a few weeks back that they would default on their $3 billion mortgage loan, it looked as though the principal owners of New […]
A Roadblock in Manhattanville
Columbia University’s plan to expand its Harlem campus north into a 17-acre parcel currently occupied by warehouses and auto repair shops was put to a halt by the New York […]