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Unlikely Partners: How Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago Came to Be
In the 1970s, anti-redlining movements were in full swing and the idea that activists, lenders, and elected officials could share power to revitalize communities and advance homeownership felt like a reach. But that was exactly my charge.
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Decision 2012: What About Housing?
I just took a stroll through the Obama and Romney campaign Web sites, and neither candidate's list of “issues” includes “housing,” “mortgage,” or “foreclosure.” Apparently the housing crisis that brought […]
Honoring Justice
Earlier this month, I had the honor of speaking at the memorial service for civil rights hero and respected jurist Judge Robert L. Carter. These were my reflections: I had […]
Everyone Saves with Short Sales
Short sale—in which a home is sold for less than the balance due on the mortgage but the lender accepts that as payment in full—is a far better alternative for […]
A First Look at Real CFPB Authority
Now that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is properly equipped with Richard Cordray as its director, news that it will monitor nonbank entities (independent lenders, brokers, servicers) in the same […]
Accountability for Countrywide is Good for the Market
The annoucement of the Justice Department's settlement with Countrywide over violations of fair lending laws is a landmark victory that deserves recognition. For years, NCLR (the National Council of La […]
Transit-Oriented Preservation
Affordable housing already exists near transit, but without action it will be lost.
My Holiday Wish List
The holiday season is a time when we express our lofty wishes and set new resolutions for personal improvement, but there is nothing lofty about my holiday wish list this […]
Criminalizing Homelessness
Last week, when we asked if homelessness should be a more prominent Occupy Wall Street issue, we pointed to an article by author Barbara Ehrenreich that looked at homelessness from […]
Work That Needs Doing
How many times have you pointed to something in your community and said “If only we could put someone to work fixing that [house/sidewalk/bridge/factory/park…]?” The American Dream Movement has created […]
California’s Anti-Foreclosure Movement
Rose Gudiel is on the front lines of a growing protest movement to stop banks from foreclosing on families victimized by the economic crisis and abusive banking practices. The 35-year […]
Conrad Egan
I suspect I came to the same conclusion when titling this post as Harold Simon did when thinking of a title for our summer 2011 interview with Conrad Egan, who […]
“Housing Gets People’s Interest Today”: State of the Nation’s Housing Press Conference
Yesterday, the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard released its 2011 State of the Nation’s Housing report in an event at the Ford Foundation. George McCarthy, director of Ford’s […]