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PUBLICATIONS AND RESOURCES

Ending/Reducing Poverty: A Forum, a new report from the Center for American Progress, was the focus of the summer issue of Poverty & Race, a bimonthly publication of the Poverty & Race Research Action Council. Contact Chester Hartman, (202) 906-8025, nhi.org/go/prrac

How Banks Invest in Communties identifies the specific methods government and nonprofits use to invest in communities. The strategies were compiled from Living Cities’ 15-year National Community Development Initiative, which has invested more than $540 million in community-based organizations in 23 cities. www.nhi.org/go/banks

The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy’s Rural Philanthropy: Building Dialogue from Within compares the challenges faced by rural nonprofits to secure adequate funding to those of their urban counterparts. It offers recommendations for improving nonprofits’ responsiveness to rural America. www.nhi.org/go/rural

Using data from 15,500 properties, The Reinvestment Fund presents its analysis of predatory lending on a citywide level in Lost Values: A Study of Predatory Lending in Philadelphia, which helps to shed light on how destructive this part of the subprime market can be. www.trfund.com

NCB Capital Impact published Home Base: The Playbook for Cooperative Development, an education guide that provides step-by-step information on the development, purchase, and management of affordable-housing cooperatives. www.nhi.org/go/playbook

The Center for Housing Policy and Enterprise Community Partners released Vital Links: Housing’s Contributions to the Nation’s Health and Education Objectives to draw attention to the important connections between decent, stable, affordable housing, and other key social indicators, such as health and educational achievement. www.nhi.org/go/vitallinks

EVENTS

Oct. 12: “The Community Reinvestment Act: Still Relevant at 30?” A symposium sponsored by The Justice Action Center, the New York Law School Law Review, and the Coalition for Consumer Bankruptcy Debtor Education. New York, N.Y. www.nyls.edu/pages/500.asp

Oct. 16 – 17: “The Big Deal.” National Brownfield Associations 2007 conference. Chicago, Ill. www.nhi.org/go/nbd

Oct. 23 – 25: CommunityMatters07. First annual conference of the Orton Family Foundation and PlaceMatters. Burlington, Vt. www.nhi.org/go/cm07

Oct. 30 – Nov. 1: “Building Strong Mixed-Income Communities.” Sponsored by the Innovative Housing Institute, PolicyLink, the National Housing Conference, and Business and Professional People for the Public Interest. San Francisco, Calif. www.nhi.org/go/inhousing

Nov. 26 – 28: “Turn Up the Heat.” Consortium for Housing and Asset Management’s eighth annual conference. A collaboration of Enterprise Community Partners, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, and NeighborWorks America. Miami Beach, Fla. www.nhi.org/go/cham

Mar. 5 -7, 2008: 2008 Regional Equity Summit on Equitable Development, Social Justice, and Smart Growth. PolicyLink. New Orleans, La. www.policylink.org

AWARDS

Beginning in October, the James Irvine Foundation will accept nominations for its Foundation Leadership Awards, which recognize leaders who are making a difference to improve California’s future in fields such as education, health, the arts, housing, economic development, or the environment. Deadline: January 28, 2008. (866) 586-6465. nhi.org/go/irvine

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