Spotlight
Blog: Are States Using National Mortgage Settlement Funds Well?
How is your state making use of its share of direct payments from the National Mortgage Settlement?
Blog: Serving Seniors In Our Neighborhoods
Could NORCs be a model for serving seniors in your neighborhood?
Beyond Stabilization
Content created to help you think about whether and how your organization could engage in broader revitalization planning work.
Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) Strategies
All about NSP, with case studies, custom resources for nonprofits, and links.
REO Strategies
Everything about Real Estate Owned (REO) and other vacant property: finding it, acquiring it, rehabbing it, moving it to positive use.
Designing a Place-Based Plan for Stabilization
This section of the website describes eight steps that will lead to a plan for stabilizing a targeted neighborhood impacted by foreclosure.
Stable Communities
Welcome to StableCommunities.org, where you will find information and strategies to stabilize and revitalize your community in the wake of the foreclosure crisis.
What's New
EVENTS
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Coming Home: Rural LISC's Annual Seminar
Rural LISC, NeighborWorks America and Rural Community Assistance ... -
Community-Based Real Estate Development: An Overview for CDC Board Members
This two-part course will focus on why volunteers and board ...
NEWS
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California Attorney General Releases Homeowner Bill of Rights
California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced the ... -
HUD Releases Compilation of NSP Policy Alerts
HUD released its most recent compilation of all of the NSP Policy ...
RESOURCES
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Report on Chicago Tri-State Region Released by OECD
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) ... -
Best Practices Applied to High Point Community Revitalization
HUD USER highlights the redevelopment of the High Point Garden ...
About This Site
Designing a Place-Based Plan for StabilizationLearn about a logical series of steps in designing a place-based plan for stabilization, including strategic partnerships, market analysis, eight categories of stabilization strategies, and more.
Beyond Stabilization: Strategies for Sustainable CommunitiesAll communities impacted by foreclosures also have a unique opportunity, in the midst of crisis, to rethink what they want to become over the long term and establish new directions. Learn about comprehensive planning here.
Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) StrategiesThe NSP program is the centerpiece of funding for many stabilization responses. Learn about NSP and how others are using it effectively here.
PolicyStabilization responses must include strategies to reshape policy at the local, state and national level to effect real change. Learn about these approaches here.
TrainingMany new and exciting training opportunities are available to help practitioners and policymakers craft and deliver effective stabilization strategies. Learn about classroom and online training here.
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