Mar/Apr 1995
Issue #80
Fannie and Freddie
HUD has released its proposed regulations for the secondary market Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The proposed regulations identify regulatory goals for low-and moderate income home purchases; alter the definition of underserved areas, focusing more on neighborhoods in need; and redefine special affordable housing goals. Carole Norris writes about these GSEs and how the regulations affect you. And Allen Fishbein and Dana Wise look at the challenge for HUD, which oversees these two government sponsored enterprises (GSEs). Also, articles on mixed-income housing, a tenants union in Ann Arbor, and organizing by neighbors of vacant houses, as well as a review of The Eclipse of Council Housing by Ian Cole and Robert Furbey.
Spotted Owl, Snail Darter and… Rent Control
Is Rent Control Heading for Extinction? In signing Massachusetts rent-control’s death warrant in January, Gov. William Weld effectively dropped the number of U.S. states with rent control to three: California, […]
New Rules for Fannie and Freddie
Owning a home is the American Dream. But who can really buy the dream of homeownership and why? After almost 20 years of the Community Reinvestment Act and anti-redlining […]
HUD’s New Balancing Act
Setting Affordable Housing Performance Goals That Are Meaningful for America’s Low-Income Neighborhoods On February 16, 1995, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published an extensive set of […]
Is Mixed-Income Housing the Key?
An old idea is becoming conventional wisdom as private and public affordable housing providers create mixed-income multifamily housing. In a book-filled room at the New Settlement Apartments in the West […]
Neighbors Plow Field of Nightmares
Using an ancient common law right of self-help nuisance abatement, one neighborhood was able to board up vacant houses and evict the drug dealers. What do you do when drug […]
Ann Arbor Tenants Union
For 27 years, the Ann Arbor Tenants Union has worked to put tenants in power and keep landlords on their toes by counseling, educating, and organizing.
The Future of Public Housing, Lessons from England
Managing the Money Side: Financial Management for Community-Based Housing Organizations The Institute for Community Economics’ newest book on financial management for community-based housing development organizations is like the best software-powerful, […]