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Nov/Dec 1996

Issue #90

Saving Affordable Housing

Special Issue: Saving Affordable Housing What Community Groups Can Do & What Government Should Do by John Atlas and Ellen Shoshkes A National Housing Institute Study Funded by the Ford Foundation

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New Heritage House Apartments, Denver

Note: This profile is part of a series, “Saving Affordable Housing,” which begins with an introduction here.A Model for Independent Living “From the very beginning, when its fortunes depended almost […]

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Grace Apartments, Denver

Note: This profile is part of a series, “Saving Affordable Housing,” which begins with an introduction here.A Rental Project in a Marginal Location The group of women’s religious communities that […]

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Homesteading Program, Chicago

Note: This profile is part of a series, “Saving Affordable Housing,” which begins with an introduction here.Single-Family Community Land Trust Housing Chicago is a city of neighborhoods,[14] harboring hundreds of […]

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507 West 140th Street, New York City

Cooperative Housing in Harlem As a result of widespread disinvestment and abandonment in the 1960s and 1970s, a large stock of buildings fell into New York City ownership for nonpayment […]

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Foreword

  Saving Affordable Housing Foreword The National Housing Institute, with funding from the Ford Foundation, has made available Saving Affordable Housing, a practical review of selected examples of community-based groups […]

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Appendix C: Advisory Board

  Saving Affordable Housing Appendix C: Advisory Board Victor Bach, Community Service Society Stuart Bressler, New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency Rachel Bratt, Tufts University John E. Davis, Burlington, […]

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Appendix D: Conference Agenda

Saving Affordable Housing Appendix D: Conference Agenda“Saving Affordable Housing: A Critical Examination of Successful Models” November 16, 1994 9 – 9:30 am: A National Crisis In The Making The Honorable […]

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Notes

  Saving Affordable Housing Notes 2. The following two sections are based in part on “Cooperative Housing and the American Dream: Examining Resident Participation,” a 1993 master’s thesis by Frank […]

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Works Cited

Saving Affordable Housing Table of Contents.   Saving Affordable Housing Works Cited Achtenberg, Emily P. (housing consultant), phone interview, April 1993. Achtenberg, Emily P., Preserving Expiring Use Restriction Project. Boston: […]

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Author Bios

Note: These author bios are part of a series, “Saving Affordable Housing,” which begins with an introduction here. Saving Affordable Housing Author Bios   John Atlas, Co-author and Project Director […]

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Appendix A: The Housing Crisis

Note: This appendix is part of a series “Saving Affordable Housing,” which begins with an introduction here. During the 1980s, home foreclosures soared and homeownership rates declined. Record numbers of […]

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Appendix B: Affordable Housing: An Endangered Species

Note: This appendix is part of a series “Saving Affordable Housing,” which begins with an introduction here. The United States spends less on direct housing aid for the poor than […]

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Introduction

Since the 1980s, factors as diverse as the globalization of the world economy, job migration from the inner cities to the suburbs, government neglect and cutbacks, the epidemic of illegal […]

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Research Components

Six case studies are at the core of this report. Other sources of information include previous research, facts and ideas generated in an all-day conference, and several round table discussions […]

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Case Studies

Unless otherwise indicated, the research team gathered information and quotes in the following six case studies through interviews, site visits, surveys, and organizations’ literature. All demographic data is from the […]

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The Elements of Success

What follows is a discussion of the important, parallel elements that emerged from the six successful cases in this report, from NHI’s conference, from several meetings with housing experts, and […]

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Policy Recommendations

Key Values The policies we propose to address the endangered housing problem rest on two foundations: citizen participation and reciprocal responsibility. These policies promote democratic self-government by empowering citizens and […]

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Marksdale Gardens, Boston

Limited Equity Cooperative Housing During the administration of Governor Michael Dukakis the Commonwealth of Massachusetts aggressively promoted affordable housing. With strong political and financial support, the state’s housing community acquired […]