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Hot-Button Housing Issues for Voters and Candidates

In this election season, foreclosures and the broader economic tailspin fueled by housing and credit market woes have cast a spotlight on housing. However, foreclosures and mortgage markets are just one piece of the housing puzzle that candidates and voters should consider. A whole range of housing and community development issues are affecting Americans, their communities, and the nation’s overall economic and social health. This overview introduces some of those issues and the players who have long-shaped the way in which they are addressed...(read more)


	Advocates Mobilize To Fight Housing Crisis THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER \| September 16, 2008 Topic: Public Housing
	Forum To Focus on New Orleans' Master Plan Times-Picayune (New Orleans) \| September 19, 2008 Topic: Planning & Zoning
	Push Made for 'Green' Las Vegas Review-Journal (Nevada) \| September 18, 2008 Topic: Property Management
	California's New Green Rules Overview California Builder and Engineer \| September 15, 2008 Topic: Environmental Issues
	Supervisors Approve Funding for Eexpanding Cold Weather Shelter San Jose Mercury News (California) \| September 17, 2008 Topic: Homelessness

Refundable Credits Have Cut Taxes for Low-Income Households
Roberton Williams
Urban Institute
August 19, 2008

Urban and Rural Children Experience Similar Rates of Low-Income and Poverty
Allison Churilla
Carsey Institute
Summer 2008

The New Orleans Index Anniversary Edition: Three Years after Katrina
Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program, Greater New Orleans Community
Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program
August 4, 2008

The Third Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
July 2008

To Be Strong Again: Renewing the Promise in Smaller Industrial Cities
Radhika Fox, Miriam Axel-Lute
PolicyLink
July 2008

WHAT'S NEW

Expert Chat: The 2008 Federal Community Stabilization Grants

Thurs., October 2 at 2 p.m.

The 2008 Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 provides $3.9 billion in supplemental CDBG dollars to local governments for the acquisition, demolition, and rehabilitation of foreclosed and abandoned homes. HUD must issue program regulations within 60 days (estimated on or before October 1^st) and disperse funds within 90 days of enactment. In this online discussion, co-sponsored by the National Vacant Properties Campaign and KnowledgePlex, our panel of experts will share a strategic framework for preparing, adopting, and implementing a foreclosure/vacant properties stabilization action plan, and present ideas on how to spend these funds wisely.

For more information and to join the discussion, click here.

SPOTLIGHT

New DataPlace Tools

The DataPlace Team is excited to announce two new tools that make exploring and customizing mapping data easier than ever. With Neighborhood Metrics you can generate ranked lists of places in the U.S. based upon multiple indicators of your choice. Widgets allow you to create maps and charts that plug into your blog or Web site. These tools are available free to all registered DataPlace users.

For information on how to use these DataPlace tools, click here.

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