The current "bathtub recession" poses a drowning hazard for community development and housing groups, as philanthropic giving shrinks and foundations look beyond nonprofits for solutions to social problems. ·
As they rebuild from the financial meltdown of 2008, policymakers can finally craft measures to guarantee healthy communities and secure homes for all Americans. ·
Counter-cyclical stewardship is the only way to ensure that lower-income families are neither nudged out by rising costs nor forced out by foreclosure. ·
In a time of great economic peril for the communities they serve, nonprofit grass-roots organizations need to push the federal government to raise foundations' payout requirements. ·
The foreclosure crisis has pushed the envelope so far, it's left an opening where we can start building a real national housing policy. ·
The $3.92 billion Neighborhood Stabilization Program can spur recycling of the stock of abandoned and foreclosed homes produced by the mortgage crisis. ·
As forecasters offer their new years predictions of a struggling…
A group of the nation's leading scholars and experts on housing and urban policy respond to The Atlantic's "American Murder Mystery" Read their response here.
National Housing Institute
