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Rising to the Challenge: Resources for Property Acquisition/Disposition

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, Mercy Housing, Chicago, IL
Carol Ornelas, Visionary Home Builders, Stockton, CA

 

Resources available for download include:

  • Getting Started with the National Community Stabilization Trust
  • Purchasing Properties at Scale: Lessons on Acquiring REOs (Living Cities)
  • How to Spend $3.92 Billion: Stabilizing Neighborhoods by Addressing Foreclosed and Abandoned Properties (Alan Mallach for Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
  • Revitalizing Foreclosed Properties with Land Banks (HUD)
  • Getting down to brass tacks - presentation of Bill Goldsmith, Mercy Housing

SOURCE: Stable Communities