Reports
Fannie Mae Foundation conducted and sponsored policy analysis and empirical and theoretical research on a number of housing policy, housing finance, and community development issues. This research is intended to stimulate thoughtful and insightful discussion on a broad range of housing and community development topics.
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States and Their Cities: Partnerships for the Future Prepared by: Harold L. Wolman, Edward W. (Ned) Hill, Patricia Atkins, Pamela Blumenthal, Leah Beth Curran, Kimberly Furdell, Jo Anne Schneider, and Elaine Weiss View Report (PDF)
Mayors' Resource Guide on Vacant and Abandoned Properties
Prepared by Alan Mallach
National Housing Institute
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Avoiding Failure To Launch: A Grown Children Benchmark for Projecting Future Housing Needs
By Dowell Myers and Sung Ho Ryu
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Washington, D.C.'s First-Time Home-Buyer Tax Credit
By Zhong Yi Tong
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Revitalizing Commerce for American Cities: A Practitioner's Guide to Urban Main Street Programs
By Karl F. Seidman
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Homeownership Affordability in Urban America: Past and Future
By Zhong Yi Tong
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Analysis of Alternative Financial Service Providers
By Noah Sawyer and Kenneth Temkin
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The Poorest Become Poorer; excerpts from Housing in the Nation's Capital 2003
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Making New Mortgage Markets: Case Studies of Institutions, Home Buyers, and Communities
By David Listokin, Elvin K. Wyly, Larry Keating, Kristopher M. Rengert, and Barbara Listokin
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The Potential and Limitations of Mortgage Innovation in Fostering Homeownership in the United States
By David Listokin, Elvin K. Wyly, Brian Schmitt, and Ioan Voicu
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Building Partnerships for Neighborhood Change: Promising Practices of the University-Community Partnership Initiative
By Laura Dueñes, Michelle Ciurea, Eliza Edelsberg, and Rhae Parkes
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Fuel Lines for the Urban Revival Engine: Neighborhoods, Community Development Corporations, and Financial Intermediaries
This report examines CDCs and their relationships to financial intermediaries. The study includes a history and analysis of the community development system and three case studies of rental housing development projects carried out by CDCs in Washington, DC; Boston; and Miami in concert with the financial intermediary Local Initiatives Support Corporation.
Housing Trust Funds for Local Governments in Georgia
By Frank S. Alexander
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Sustainable Nonprofit Housing Development: An Analysis of the Maxwell Award Winners
By William M. Rohe, Roberto G. Quercia, Diane K. Levy, and Protip Biswas
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Personal Finance and the Rush to Competence: Financial Literacy Education in the U.S.
By Lois A. Vitt, Project Director, Carol Anderson, Jamie Kent, Deanna M. Lyter, Jurg K. Siegenthaler, and Jeremy Ward
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The American Metropolis at Century's End: Past and Future Influences
By Dr. Robert Fishman
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