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Notes on Structural Change: Redefining the Problem of Weak Markets

SOURCE: Planetizen

Author's Charles Buki and Elizabeth Humphrey Schilling point to the key to counteracting the neighborhood impact of value-draining vacancies and abandoned properties is to focus on restoring confidence in the market.

'Stuck' Neighborhoods: The Transformation of Neighborhood Housing Markets & the Challenges of Neighborhood Market Recovery

SOURCE: University of Illinois at Chicago, City Design Center

Published in December 2009 this report presents analysis in two parts, the first focuses on the transformation of neighborhood markets as a result of concentrated subprime lending in three Chicago neighborhoods.  The Second presents finding from a series of case studies focused on ...

NSP 2 Awards

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan will announce that HUD is awarding $2 billion in Recovery Act funding to states, local governments and non-profit housing developers, under HUD’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP), to spur economic development in ...

Comprehensive Stabilization - Chelsea Neighborhood Developers

SOURCE: NeighborWorks America

Over the course of 2009 the City of Chelsea and Chelsea Neighborhood Developers partnered with residents of the Bellingham Hill section of the Shurtleff-Bellingham neighborhood to create a new vision for the area. This video profiles this work and highlights ways Chelsea Neighborhood Developers, ...

Rising to the Challenge: Resources for Strategic Partnerships

SOURCE: Stable Communities

The final presentation at the December 2009 Symposium on Community Stabilization featured an open discussion by members of the Newark/Essex County Foreclosure Task Force.  Task Force members shared stories and tips on coordinating their activities toward common goals of stabilization and ...

Rising to the Challenge: Resources for Property Acquisition/Disposition

SOURCE: Stable Communities

This panel at the December 2009 Symposium explored key strategies NSP grantees and nonprofit practitioners are using to acquire and reuse REO properties.  Moderator: Craig Nickerson, National Community Stabilization Trust Panelists: Roy Nash, NeighborWorks Waco, Waco, TX Bill Goldsmith, ...

Rising to the Challenge: Resources for Stabilization and Sustainability in Practice

SOURCE: Stable Communities

This panel explored the differences between planning for immediate stabilization versus long-term sustainability.  Moderator: Marva Williams, LISC Chicago Panelists: Bill Traynor, Lawrence Community Works Joseph Gray, JEG Urban Planning Associates Johnette Richardson, Belair-Edison ...

Rising to the Challenge: Defining Success and Measuring Progress

SOURCE: Stable Communities

The first panel of the symposium, Defining Success and Measuring Progress featured the following presenters Moderator: Nancy Kopf, NeighborWorks America Jessie Handforth Kome, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Michael Schramm, Case Western University, Cleveland, OH Richard Paige, ...

Rising to the Challenge: Stabilizing Communities in the Wake of Foreclosure

On December 9, 2009 NeighborWorks America hosted more than 200 participants at the symposium, Rising to the Challenge: Stabilizing Communities in the Wake of Foreclosure at the Washington DC area NeighborWorks Training Institute. Resources for Defining Success and Measuring Progress

Comprehensive Stabilization - LaCasa, Inc.

SOURCE: NeighborWorks America

LaCasa, Inc. works in partnership with individuals and community partners to create opportunity for personal growth, family stability and neighborhood development.  This video profiles the strategies LaCasa, Inc. has used to counter the devestating impact the economic downtrun and the rise ...

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