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
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Bancroft Apartments, Boston
Resident-Controlled Subsidized Rental Project In the early 1980s, HUD had about 4,500 units in Massachusetts slated for disposition. About 40 percent of these units had been developed by one owner, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]