Volume 7 Issue 1

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Housing America State by State: How Governors Are Leading the Way
Savvy governors and other state leaders are recognizing that housing is interconnected with other critical issues: transportation, economic development, environmental protection, and social services. Governors from coast to coast are implementing a broad array of promising strategies to promote affordable housing.

Perspectives
Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell shows how investing in affordable housing is a key component of his state's comprehensive economic strategy.

Understanding Urban Performance: The Role of the States
Cities are engines of economic growth, and states whose cities can attract educated, amenity-seeking workers have a competitive advantage. Recent changes in the federal role and devolution of responsibility to state governments offers new opportunities for states to strengthen their cities.

Michigan's Cool Cities - Key to State Success
A recommendation of the bipartisan Land Use Leadership Council, Michigan's Cool Cities program aims to revitalize neighborhoods and create mixed-use, mixed-income, high-density, pedestrian friendly communities. The goal is to create quality of place that will attract knowledge workers and high-quality employers and stimulate economic development.

Insight
For the remainder of the decade and beyond, housing will be an issue that state policy-makers cannot ignore.

Resources
Find articles, reports, and Web sites offering more information about the topics addressed in this issue.

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Editorial Information

Editor: Sheila F. Maith
Associate Editors: Stephanie A. Jennings, Kathy Litzenberg, Laura N. Lucs, Susie Sinclair-Smith

ISSN 1525-2833

Housing Facts & Findings is published by the Fannie Mae Foundation. The Fannie Mae Foundation, through its publications and other programs, is committed to the full and fair exposition of issues related to affordable housing and community development. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the view of the Fannie Mae Foundation or its officers or directors.

The Fannie Mae Foundation creates affordable homeownership and housing opportunities through innovative partnerships and initiatives that build healthy, vibrant communities across the United States. The Foundation is specially committed to improving the quality of life for the people of its hometown, Washington, D.C., and to enhancing the livability of the city's neighborhoods. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the Foundation is a private, nonprofit organization whose sole source of support is Fannie Mae, and has regional offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Pasadena, and Philadelphia.