Issue #111, May/June 2000

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The Community Guide to Predatory Lending Research by Jeanette Bradley, published by Community Reinvestment Association of NC (CRA*NC). The guide is designed to help community researchers define and gather information on predatory lending. For a hard copy and the database on disk send $25 to CRA*NC. It's also available at CRA*NC's website in PDF format.

Principles for Inner City Neighborhood Design: Hope VI and the New Urbanism, published by HUD and the Congress for New Urbanism (CNU). This booklet provides examples of how to apply New Urbanist design principles to HOPE VI development and other urban revitalization projects. Available via HUD User, 800-245-2691 or on the HUD User website.

We're Education You're Semiconductors by David Gruber, published by Public/Private Ventures. Report on improving work skills via employer-community college partnerships. $10. 215-557-4400.

Faith-Based Institutions and High-Risk Youth by Rev. Harold Dean Tulear, published by Public/Private Ventures describes early lessons from a national demonstration project on church/justice agency linkages. 215-557-4400.

A Guide to Deconstruction provides an overview of the deconstruction process with a focus on how to make it a part of community revitalization strategies. It explores how it can create job opportunities and training for unskilled and unemployed workers,  how  small  businesses  could  be  created,  and environmental benefits. Available from HUD User, 800-245-2691, or on the HUD User website.

Family Support Centers: a Program Manger's Toolkit is a three-volume reference publication designed to help users navigate the process of starting, expanding, and managing a family support center. Shamara Riley, Family Support America, 312-338-0900 x129; www.familysupportamerica.org.

Stronger Links: New Ways to Connect Low-Skilled Workers to Better Jobs, published by the Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF), examines the work being done in the AECF's six Jobs Initiative cities. www.aecf.org/jobsinitiative.

The State of the Nation's Housing: 2000, the annual report by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, sponsored by the Ford Foundation. Annette Bourne, Joint Center for Housing Studies, 617-495-7640.

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