Relevant Publications
Vacancy, Blight, and the “Value Gap”
At Least Half of Homes ‘Seriously Underwater’ in These Zip Codes - Alexandre Tanzi, Bloomberg, February 7, 2019
The Two Vacancy Crises in America’s Cities - Alan Mallach, Shelterforce, November 13, 2018
A Survey of Small Developers of Vacant Homes in BRNI-Targeted Neighborhoods - JoAnn Copes, Baltimore Regional Neighborhood Initiative Partners
Charting the Multiple Meanings of Blight: A National Literature Review on Addressing the Community Impacts of Blighted Properties - Vacant Properties Research Network, Keep America Beautiful, May 2015
Life, Death, and Demolition - Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, Feb. 2, 2017
Mapping Blight At The Parcel Level In Cleveland, Columbus And Cincinnati - JPMorganChase Voice, Forbes, June 7, 2017
Cleveland Mapping Charts Impact of Blight - Rachel Dovey, Next City, June 7, 2017
Shining a Light on Cities’ Abandoned Buildings, From the Inside Out [with a Letter to the Editor by NHIA co-founder Carey Shea] - Jane Gottlieb, New York Times, Nov. 25, 2016
Segregation, Poverty, and Inequality
Why is America's Housing so Segregated - The Century Foundation
The Intersection of Race, Place, and Multidimensional Poverty - Brookings
The Racist Roots of a Way to Sell Homes - The Editorial Board, New York Times, April 29, 2016
Lenders, GSEs must work together to support homeownership gains among African-Americans - Charmaine Brown, The Home Story (Fannie Mae), September 11, 2017
Program to Spur Low-Income Housing Is Keeping Cities Segregated - John Eligon, Yamiche Alcindor, and Agustin Armendariz, New York Times, July 2, 2017
No Going Back to Normal: Rebuilding Baltimore City after the Uprising - Gary Williams and Steve Holt, Nonprofit Quarterly, July 31, 2017
The Value of "Middle Neighborhoods"
Across The Country, Some Neighborhoods Are Thriving And Some Struggling, But What About The Ones That Fall Somewhere In The Middle? - Rep. Dwight Evans and Paul C. Brophy, Huffington Post, July 27, 2017
Community Development Investment Review - Paul C. Brophy, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Rental vs. Homeownership
Housing Shortage About Quality and Quantity - Todd Von Kampen, The North Platte Telegraph, Sept. 25, 2018
Single-Family Landlords Are Sinking Cash Into Rust Belt Rentals - Patrick Clark, Bloomberg, July 25, 2017
Wall Street Veterans Bet on Low-Income Home Buyers - New York Times, April 18, 2016
Leadership and Promising Approaches
Regional US central bankers turn their focus to Main Street - Rana Foroohar, Financial Times, Dec. 30, 2018
Vacants to Value: Baltimore’s bold blight-elimination effort is making modest progress despite limited renovation funds and questionable accounting - Joan Jacobson, New York Times, Feb. 21, 2016
This Mayor Wants to Give Struggling Cities a Front-Row Seat in D.C. [A profile of Braddock, PA Mayor John Fetterman] - Jake Blumgart, NextCity, April 11, 2016
Policy Proposals for Older Industrial Cities - Housing Partnership Network and National Community Stabilization Trust
Current Federal Funding Relevant to NHIA
CDFA Annual Volume Cap Report: An Analysis of 2016 Private Activity Bond & Volume Cap Trends [See pp. 8-9 for state-by-state comparisons] - Council of Development Finance Agencies
Community Planning and Development Program Formula Allocations for FY 2017 [Includes state-by-state allocations of CDBG and HOME funds] - US Department of Housing and Urban Development