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The rules of the game—and the attitudes of the players—have an enormous effect on community development work at all levels. Here we look at some of the conversations about how to shift that policy for the better.
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As Mamdani moves New York closer to a rent freeze, landlords say their buildings wouldn’t survive it. Recent analyses suggest the real culprit behind distressed buildings is predatory equity, not rent stabilization.
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Congress: Breaking Down the Walls
Washington is a really confusing town in good times and an almost indecipherable town in surreal times like these. In order to make sense of the work that I do […]
Losing CDBG Funds
The House Appropriations Committee this week introduced HR 1 that funds all federal programs in the current fiscal year. Included in this bill is a 62 percent reduction of the […]
Can’t Sue ‘Em? You Can Move Your Money
Local governents, frustrated (there’s an understatement for you) with the devastating effects of massive foreclosures have tried suing lenders for essentially offering defective products, and also for discriminatory treatment. Albany […]
Shelterforce Interview: Ron Sims
HUD Deputy Secretary Ron Sims doesn’t just want the 8,500 employees he oversees at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to do their jobs: he wants them to challenge themselves, even if there’s a risk of failure.
Five Hidden Opportunities in the 2010 Election Results
The new Congress will be enacting major new legislation, and it’s vital that community development leaders retain our tenacious optimism as we move forward.
Shelterforce Interview: Raphael Bostic, HUD Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research
Bostic, now in his second turn at HUD, is known for his extensive work analyzing the roles that credit markets, financing, and policy play in furthering economic access for all.
Dragged Down by Regs
For an “emergency” measure, NSP came so loaded with ever-shifting regulations and restrictions it was hard to get any money out the door. It’s getting better, but more could be done.
HAMP Is Not Enough
The federal government’s Home Affordable Modification Program has a lot of mass appeal. But banks have been slow to act and HAMP was never intended to be the sole solution to the foreclosure crisis. HAMP needs backup.
Shelterforce Interview: Mercedes Márquez
HUD Assistant Secretary of Community Planning and Development Mercedes Márquez spoke with Shelterforce about NSP, technical assistance, and the importance of leveraging resources.
NSP at Halftime
The federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program is a welcome source of funds in struggling communities, and it has had a massive effect on the nature of the response to the problem of vacant foreclosed property. As NSP3 gets underway and the NSP1 obligation period comes to a close, Shelterforce looks back at NSP so far.
Next Target: Insurance Redlining
Bank reform offers a chance to address an under-the-radar form of redlining with the same sort of data disclosure HMDA requires about mortgage lending.
HMDA at 35
The improved Home Mortgage Disclosure Act can be a tool for fighting predatory lending, but it could and should go further.