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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