The Road to Neighborhood Stabilization

Posted by on January 10, 2011

The Road to Neighborhood Stabilization
Next Steps for NSP and HAMP

The Latest from Shelterforce
The journal of affordable housing and community building

http://www.shelterforce.org/archive/issues/163/

Will policy help or hinder the path to stabilized neighborhoods? Our cover package, NSP at Halftime, examines the Neighborhood Stabilization Program and the challenges that remain as the curtain drops on NSP1 and NSP3 gets underway. Are we actually making progress or are we just treading water?

* Complications from conflicting NSP requirements

* Key rule changes and their effects

* On-the-ground challenges and the future for NSP

* Interview with Mercedes Marquez, HUD assistant secretary for community planning and development

Also in this issue:
Interview with Dr. Raphael Bostic, HUD assistant secretary for policy development and research.

Responsible Investors: How can towns ensure investor responsibility and what can CDCs do?

HAMP Is Not Enough: HAMP needs an assist, as it was never intended to be a silver bullet for the foreclosure crisis.

CLTs Prevent Delinquencies and Foreclosures.

HMDA at 35: Room for Growth:  The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act amended the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, but it needs more to adequately prevent predatory lending.

Next Target: Insurance Redlining: While the costs of mortgage discrimination and redlining are known, less known are the unfair and unequal practices related to property insurance.

Urban Agriculture: City agriculture projects can provide local food, transform empty lots, and bring community together.

The National Housing Institute (NHI), founded in 1975, is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering decent, affordable housing and vibrant communities for everyone. Through its magazine, Shelterforce, its blog, Rooflines, its Web site, research, and advocacy, NHI focuses attention and encourages action on high-impact housing and community-development policies and practices.

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