W04-8: In recent years, partnerships between nonprofits and private developers to develop affordable housing have become a topic of increasing interest. Through a review…
Lucille Harrigan, Alexander von Hoffman
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February 27, 2004
W04-2: The paper begins with an overview of Fairfax County and proceeds in rough chronological order to examine the evolution of land use and the politics thereof. It…
W03-4: Across America, the use of the Internet as both a communication medium and a transportation medium is beginning to alter basic perceptions of living. For a…
W03-6: Community development organizations must be increasingly cognizant of and responsive to their changing neighborhoods. Major demographic factors related to the…
W02-9: This paper explores the use of public schools as tools for community and economic development. As major place-based infrastructure and an integral part of the…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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March 1, 2002
The United States Congress passed the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) in 1977 to encourage depository institutions to meet the credit needs of lower-income communities. The…
Economies around the world are marked by major interventions in credit markets. Institutions ranging from central banks to the Grameen Bank operate under the assumptions that…
Ingrid Gould Ellen, Scott Susin, Amy Ellen Schwartz, Michael Schill
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October 13, 2001
In this paper, we look at the impact of two New York City homeownership programs on surrounding property values. Both of these programs—the Nehemiah Plan and the New Homes…
At the turn of the millennium, fully two-thirds of American households were owner-occupants. In addition, through the middle of the year in 2000, real home prices were rising…
W01-10: The multifamily mortgage market has changed dramatically over the last two decades. The relative importance of the thrifts—once the major source of financing for…