Call for Applications: National CAPACD Community Development Training Fund

National CAPACD is pleased to announce a call for applications for the 2009 Community Development Training Fund! Applications must be received by December 1, 2008.   more» 

Welcome Hieu Truong and Gen Fujioka to the National CAPACD Team!

National CAPACD is pleased to announce two new additions to the team. Hieu Truong is our Program Coordinator and Gen Fujioka will be joining us as our interim California Advocacy Coordinator of the California Coalition of National CAPACD.   more» 

Hasegawa: Our Community Needs Help Right Now

Recently, Lisa Hasegawa, Executive Director of National CAPACD, released a statement regarding the Economic Recovery Act of 2008. The statement called upon Congressional leaders to act quickly in their response to the foreclosure crisis.   more» 

National CAPACD Partners with Members to Launch AAPI Foreclosure Response Plan

National CAPACD launches a coordinated national effort to increase the capacity of AAPI community development organizations to serve AAPI neighborhoods and at-risk homeowners. The plan will work to ensure that a majority of AAPI residents of every major metropolitan area in the U.S. are aware of the foreclosure risk factors and options available to at-risk borrowers, and community-based organizations have the resources to stabilize neighborhoods.  more» 

Philadelphia Casino: Creating Another Injustice

Op-Ed: Philadelphia Chinatown plans to build a casino is a burden, and not just because of gambling addictions. Why does Chinatown have to deal with more of a burden than the rest of the city or state?   more» 

Freddie Mac Touts New Vista REO Partnership

Park and Acosta head up New Vista and created a model that uses a diverse network of minority brokers, as well as nonprofit counseling agencies, to create awareness among first-time and minority buyers of the availability of REO homes as a housing option.  more» 

Foreclosure Activity Increases 8% - How Asian American and Pacific Islanders are Coping

The Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Fla., metro area registered the highest foreclosure rate among the 230 metro areas tracked in the July report. One in every 64 households in the metro area received a foreclosure filing during the month — more than seven times the national average.   more» 

Support Neighborhood Stabilization Funding

Please write to your Members of Congress today to support Neighborhood Stabilization funding. The $4 billion emergency funding would stabilize communities by facilitating the bulk purchase and rehabilitation of foreclosed homes in targeted areas. These critically needed funds will help foreclosure impacted communities across the country gain desperately needed economic stability after the devastation caused by concentrated foreclosures  more»