Subject: Policies

  • Nicolas P. Retsinas

    Nicolas P. Retsinas, a senior lecturer in real estate at the Harvard Business School and director emeritus of Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies, talks with Shelterforce about his long service in the housing field.

  • NHC 2010 “Housing Person of the Year” Gala

    Conrad Egan

  • Ron Sims: Retiring from HUD, Not from Public Service

    Shelterforce caught up with the HUD deputy secretary on the precipice of retirement, nearly two-and-a-half years after joining the agency. Sims brought to HUD not only his political savvy, but also an unshakable commitment to equity and sustainability. In this exit interview, we talk about his accomplishments at HUD, plans for the future, and what he thinks needs to be done in order to stabilize the housing market.

  • Interview: Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity John Trasviña

    The Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity is dealing with an evolving set of discrimination challenges facing families, changes in the very definition of "family," and the political realities of the 112th Congress. Trasviña is no stranger to this balancing act.

  • Shelterforce Interview: Ron Sims

    HUD Deputy Secretary Ron Sims doesn't just want the 8,500 employees he oversees at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to do their jobs: he wants them to challenge themselves, even if there's a risk of failure.

  • Shelterforce Interview: Raphael Bostic, HUD Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research

    Bostic, now in his second turn at HUD, is known for his extensive work analyzing the roles that credit markets, financing, and policy play in furthering economic access for all.

  • On May 7, 2010, Sedgwick County Commissioner Kelly Parks congratulated Lavonne Ratcliff, a new homeowner and the first person in Kansas to close on a property funded by the Neighborhood Stabilization Program.

    Dragged Down by Regs

    For an "emergency" measure, NSP came so loaded with ever-shifting regulations and restrictions it was hard to get any money out the door. It's getting better, but more could be done.

  • HAMP Is Not Enough

    The federal government's Home Affordable Modification Program has a lot of mass appeal. But banks have been slow to act and HAMP was never intended to be the sole solution to the foreclosure crisis. HAMP needs backup.

  • Shelterforce Interview: Mercedes Márquez

    HUD Assistant Secretary of Community Planning and Development Mercedes Márquez spoke with Shelterforce about NSP, technical assistance, and the importance of leveraging resources.

  • This handwritten note from a supervisor at American Family Mutual was evidence in one of the few lawsuits so far to address property insurance discrimination.

    Next Target: Insurance Redlining

    Bank reform offers a chance to address an under-the-radar form of redlining with the same sort of data disclosure HMDA requires about mortgage lending.

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