Subject: Publications

• OCC Report Examines Partnership Models in Handling Foreclosures

  

  The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) this week published Community Developments Insights, a report that describes how banks and their partners in the community are working to dispose of foreclosed properties in creative ways that will preserve affordable housing opportunities and stabilize communities. more

• CBPP Report: Decade of Neglect has Weakened Federal Low-Income Housing Programs

  A report released this week by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Decade of Neglect has Weakened Federal Low-Income Housing Programs, addresses the large and growing number of low-income renters face unaffordable housing costs. more

• How to Begin the Process of Repairing Communities Damaged from Foreclosures?

  NeighborWorks America with StableCommunities.org, have released Post-Foreclosure Community Stabilization Strategies: Case Studies and Early Lessons 2008 that looks at 14 case studies, representing 13 different nonprofit organizations, outlining strategies that those nonprofits employ to help to begin repairing damaged communities more

• National Commission on Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity releases “The Future of Fair Housing

  The National Commission on Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity released “The Future of Fair Housing,” a comprehensive report that details the findings of a six-month-long, cross-country investigation into the state of fair housing in America. more