National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP) Foreclosure Resources. NNIP local partners have been at the forefront of analyzing foreclosures effects on neighborhoods and supporting data-driven responses to the crisis. This webpage makes their web sites, presentations, and publications conveniently accessible in one location. In addition, there are tools and protocols that are being used by partners to study foreclosures, which may be useful for anyone pursuing similar research.
NeighborWorks provides a resource center aimed at consumers and housing counselors. The site includes a toll-free hotline, lists of foreclosure prevention tips, and success stories.
The Homeowner Crisis Resource Center offers housing counselors, a free DVD, informational checklists and quizzes, alerts about foreclosure and mortgage scams, and other resources. The site operates in English and Spanish. http://www.HousingHelpNow.org
The Homeownership Preservation Foundation offers a variety of informational and counseling services. http://www.995hope.org/
Foreclosure Recovery
Alan Mallach, Tackling the Mortgage Crisis: Ten Action Steps for State Government, The Brookings Institution, 2008
Alan Mallach, How To Spend $3.92 Billion: Stabilizing Neighborhoods By Addressing
Foreclosed and Abandoned Properties, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Community Affairs Department October 2008
Transforming Foreclosed Properties into Community Assets, Furman Center White Paper (2008)
