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
- Success Measures for Community Stabilization
- Success Measures Sample Evaluation Tool: Block Conditions
- Success Measures Sample Evaluation Tool: Residential Property Conditions
- Success Measures Sample Evaluation Tool: Vacant Residential Property Evaluation
- NEO CANDO Data System (Presentation by Michael Schramm for National Vacant Properties Campaign Conference June 2009)
Resources for Stabilization and Sustainability in Practice
- Building Sustainable Communities (LISC)
- Making it Work: Practical Information on How to Implement a Stabilization Plan (Presentation by Alan Mallach and Bill Goldsmith for Webinar Series September 2009)
- Post-Foreclosure Community Stabilization Strategies: Case Studies and Early Lessons (NeighborWorks® America)
- Community Response to the Foreclosure Crisis: Thoughts on Local Interventions (Dan Immergluck for Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta)
Resources for Property Acquisition/Disposition
- 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)
Resources for Strategic Partnerships
- Newark/Essex County NSP 2 Consortium Application Overview