Building a Movement for Durable, Healthier and More Efficient Housing:...
Since late 2004, Enterprise has spearheaded a national effort called Green Communities, demonstrating the benefits of sustainable development of affordable housing. With 150 projects under way by the...
View ArticleCreating Economic Opportunities With HUD's Section 3 Program —...
This presentation by Rachel Joy, manager of community and supportive services at the Decatur, Ill., Housing Authority, was given at the Jan. 25, 2007, KnowledgePlex expert chat titled "Creating...
View ArticleCreating Economic Opportunities With HUD's Section 3 Program —...
This presentation by Robert Damewood, staff attorney at Regional Housing Legal Services in Pittsburgh, was given at the Jan. 25, 2007, KnowledgePlex expert chat titled "Creating Economic Opportunities...
View ArticleAn Analysis of the Strengths and Deficiencies of Washington, D.C.'s Tenant...
Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act offers residents of rental housing the opportunity to purchase that housing when the owner puts it up for sale. While the Act applies to all types of rental housing...
View ArticleStarting an After-School Program
This document will take you step-by-step through the process of starting an after-school program. This document is part of "Creating Opportunities for Families through Resident Services: A...
View ArticleHealthy Homes, Healthy Families — Presentation by Stockton Williams
This PowerPoint presentation by Stockton Williams was given at the April 28, 2005, KnowledgePlex online chat titled "Healthy Homes, Healthy Families." Williams examined emerging trends such as the...
View ArticleHousing Prices, Externalities, and Regulation in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Housing prices vary widely from market to market in the United States. The purpose of this study is to analyze the determinants of housing prices, with a particular focus on the effects of regulations...
View ArticleA Partial Adjustment Model of Landowner Behavior under the Nigerian Land Use Act
This article examines the impact of the Nigerian Land Use Act that collectivized property rights in the Nigerian land market (with emphasis on urban land) in the context of a mixed capitalist economy....
View ArticleNot a Trailer Anymore: Perceptions of Manufactured Housing
Manufactured housing, commonly called mobile homes or trailers, offers an affordable housing alternative for many low- and moderate-income households. Although such housing is built to U.S. Department...
View ArticleFinancial proforma - 17 detached single-family homes new construction
This document includes a project description with a financial proforma for a new construction, single-family project carried out by the Sun City Community Development Council. The document illustrates...
View ArticleWhy Advocates Need to Rethink Manufactured Housing
Manufactured homes are a major source of unsubsidized, low-cost housing. Accounting for 30 percent of new homes nationwide, they are especially popular in the South. Seventy percent of new manufactured...
View ArticleHealthy Homes, Healthy Families — Presentation by Rebecca Morley
This PowerPoint presentation by Rebecca Morley was given at the April 28, 2005, KnowledgePlex online chat titled "Healthy Homes, Healthy Families." Morley, executive director of the National Center for...
View ArticleAddressing Community Opposition to Affordable Housing Development: A Fair...
Increasingly, housing developers face opposition from communities to affordable housing. Often based on myths, stereotypes, and outright discrimination, the practices are largely unlawful. Yet...
View ArticleKentucky Mountain Housing Development Corporation (Manchester, Ky.): 2004...
Kentucky Mountain Housing Development Corporation's 30th Anniversary Project of building new homes and financing the rehabilitation of existing homes provides rare homeownership opportunities to 28...
View ArticleKaribuni Place
This case study describes a nonprofit affordable housing development project that received an award from Fannie Mae Foundation's Maxwell Awards of Excellence Program for the Production of Low-Income...
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