Foreclosures

Activities Projects Publications


Over two-thirds of the NNIP partners are collaborating with their local networks to improve their communities' response to the foreclosure crisis. They are engaged in a wide range of activities, including analyzing the patterns and causes of foreclosures, helping practioners to tailor strategies to fit neighborhood contexts and rapidly changing conditions, and facilitating coordination of efforts across programmatic and government silos.
Related Activities:
Mark Chupp Discusses Foreclosed Severance Town Center in Freshwater Cleveland
December 1, 2015
Center on Poverty and Community Development   (Cleveland)


Severance Town Center in Cleveland Heights went into foreclosure this past June. Dr. Mark Chupp, a faculty associate of the Poverty Center, participated in a public forum about the troubled retail... [read more]

North Olmsted Foreclosures Down 45%: NEO CANDO Data
November 9, 2015
Center on Poverty and Community Development   (Cleveland)


Using data from NEO CANDO, Michael Gareau Jr., director of law of North Olmsted, reported that foreclosures in the city have declined from... [read more]

Councilman Seren Says Cleveland Heights Should Increase Use of NEO CANDO
October 22, 2015
Center on Poverty and Community Development   (Cleveland)


"We need to make more robust use of Case Western Reserve's NEO CANDO NST Web App," said Cleveland Heights Councilman Kahlil Seren during a discussion on foreclosure among the candidates running... [read more]

Southwestern Pennsylvania Community Profiles
June 5, 2015
University Center for Social and Urban Research   (Pittsburgh)


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Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City to Honor NYU Furman Center at 2014 Annual Benefit
November 13, 2014
Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy   (New York)


Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City (NHSNYC) is honoring the Furman Center at its 2014 Benefit:... [read more]

New Paper on Cleveland Foreclosure Uses NEO CANDO Data
September 23, 2014
Center on Poverty and Community Development   (Cleveland)


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Charlotte Data Day 2014
June 17, 2014
UNC Charlotte Urban Institute   (Charlotte)
City of Charlotte   (Charlotte)
Mecklenburg County   (Charlotte)


An audience of 178 housing experts, government analysts, nonprofit leaders and others gathered for the second annual Charlotte Data Day. The day-long event, hosted by the UNC Charlotte Urban... [read more]

Poverty Center Selected as Leadership in Community Innovation Award Finalist
March 6, 2012
Center on Poverty and Community Development   (Cleveland)


The Poverty Center's Neighborhood Stabilization Team Web Application (NST Web App) was selected as a... [read more]

Hilltop Foreclosure and Mortgage Research
March 1, 2012 to June 30, 2012
University Center for Social and Urban Research   (Pittsburgh)


As a follow-up to our earlier work in South Pittsburgh's Hilltop communities, the PNCIS will be collecting data to develop a better understanding of the mortgage characteristics of properties... [read more]

NEO CANDO and CUPCD Interviewed on Local News
February 13, 2012
Center on Poverty and Community Development   (Cleveland)


WEWS Channel 5 news did a feature on NEO CANDO and the Poverty Center's work related to foreclosure and vacancy in Cuyahoga County. Both Dr. Claudia Coulton and Mike Schramm were interviewed for... [read more]

Foreclosure tracking to continue in DC area, expand in 2012
2012
Urban–Greater DC   (Washington, D.C.)


NeighborhoodInfo DC will continue its tracking of foreclosure activity in Washington, D.C., and the region in 2012. The data we provide are used by local government agencies, community-based... [read more]

NNIP Partners Featured in Federal Reserve's Conference on Strategic Use of Data to Stabilize Neighborhoods
December 6, 2011 to December 7, 2011
Urban Institute   (NNIP Coordinator)


The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and the Federal Reserve Board are co-hosting an interactive conference in Baltimore, Maryland on creative uses of data and technology to promote public and... [read more]

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Conference
November 2011
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance   (Baltimore)


BNIA-JFI staff presented the Baltimore City results from the NNIP cross-site funded analysis of children affected by foreclosures project. [read more]

CURA and the Federal Reserve Bank Co-hosts Conference on Using Data to Manage Neighborhood Change
October 28, 2011
Center for Urban and Regional Affairs   (Minneapolis-St. Paul)


CURA and the Federal Reserve Bank Minneapolis Branch co-hosted a conference in Minneapolis on Utilizing Data to Manage Neighborhood Change.  The 100 participants included staff from nonprofits,... [read more]

Urban Strategies Council Map Wins National Institute of Justice Award
October 20, 2011
Urban Strategies Council   (Oakland)


The Council was awarded the Innovation in Crime Mapping award at the recent Crime Mapping conference in Miami held by the National Institute of Justice (Part of the US Dept of Justice).   The... [read more]

Urban Strategies Council acquires 17 homes for our Community Land Trust and sold our first home
May 2011
Urban Strategies Council   (Oakland)


The Oakland Community Land Trust has continued to scale with new properties coming online each month. We sold our first home and continue to expand our rehab and outreach work to make more... [read more]

Foreclosure Relocation Addresses
May 2011
Center for Urban and Regional Affairs   (Minneapolis-St. Paul)


From a proprietary database purchased from Excensus we have the post-foreclosure address of approximate 3,000 households of the 30,000 foreclosures in Hennepin County from 2005-2008.  We are using... [read more]

Furman Center Wins Grant to Continue Work on Housing Instability and Children's Educational Outcomes
2011
Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy   (New York)


The Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy and NYU's Institute for Education and Social Policy have been awarded a grant by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.  This work... [read more]

Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance reports on the Great Recession in Baltimore Neighborhoods
December 14, 2010
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance   (Baltimore)


BNIA-JFI provided a variety of data and resources to Public Policy students at Johns Hopkins University in their analysis of the impacts of the national recession on Baltimore’s neighborhoods. ... [read more]

Interactive Online Mapping of Foreclosures in Baltimore City
January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2012
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance   (Baltimore)


With support from the Baltimore Homeownership Preservation Coalition, BNIA-JFI collects and provides data on all mortgage foreclosure filings within Baltimore City. Use of the map allows for... [read more]

An Examination of Students Affected by Foreclosures in Baltimore City, 2003-2008
July 1, 2008 to December 31, 2009
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance   (Baltimore)


BNIA-JFI completed the first phase of research as part of a NNIP cross-site project examining the affects of foreclosures on children.  This project identified both the number and... [read more]

Related Cross-Site Projects:
The Effects Of Foreclosure On Children And Schools
June 2009 - June 2012
Funders: Open Society Foundations, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Fannie Mae
Contact: Kathryn Pettit , [email protected]
Partners: Baltimore, New York, Washington, D.C.


Little information exists about the children living in families facing foreclosure.  Having well-grounded analysis raises the profile of how the crisis is affecting children and spurs local... [read more]

Addressing the Foreclosure Crisis
September 2008 - August 2009
Funder: Fannie Mae
Contact: Tom Kingsley , [email protected]
Partners: Atlanta, Chicago, Washington, D.C.


The cross-site project, Addressing the Foreclosure Crisis, aimed to help local stakeholders in Atlanta, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. design more effective data-driven strategies to... [read more]

Related Publications:
Institute for Housing Studies
Chicago
Building Community Data Capacity: The Southwest Organizing Project
August 2021
Blog post - By: Chris Silber
Building Community Data Capacity: The Southwest Organizing Project
Institute for Housing Studies
Chicago
Guest Blog: The Need for a Collective Approach to Preserving 2 to 4 Unit Housing in Chicago
May 2021
Blog post - By: Enterprise Community Partners, Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, and Communities United
Blog
Institute for Housing Studies
Chicago
Characteristics of the 2 to 4 Stock in Chicago Neighborhoods
May 2021
Report - By: Sarah Duda, Geoff Smith
Link to website
Center on Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
Cleveland Code Enforcement Partnership and Data
May 6, 2015
Presentation - By: April Urban
PPTX
Northeast Ohio Community and Neighborhood Data for Organizing ; ; Using the Neighborhood Stabilization Team Web App
NNIPCamp May 2015: NNIP and the Fed
May 6, 2015
Meeting Materials - By: Naomi Cytron
DOCX
Center for Urban and Regional Affairs
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Data Driven Tools for Neighborhood Assessment and Housing Recovery
November 18, 2014
Presentation - By: Jeff Matson
nhc_solutions_11.18.14.pdf
Center on Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
Neighborhood Stabilization Team Map
October 2, 2014
Presentation - By: Case Western University
PUB
University Center for Social and Urban Research
Pittsburgh
Foreclosures, Vacancy and Crime
October 2014
Journal Article - By: Lin Cui; Randall Walsh
LInk
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
Baltimore
Vital Signs 12
May 5, 2014
Report - By: Seema Iyer
PDF
Link to Portal; Link to Data
Center on Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
The Demolition - Equity Hedge - Foreclosure Reduction Connection
April 3, 2014
Presentation - By: Mike Schramm
PPTX
Report Link; Thriving Communities Institute
Center on Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
Using and Preparing Property Data to Examine REO Investors
April 2, 2014
Presentation - By: April Hirsh
PPTX
Center on Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
Estimating the Effect of Demolishing Distressed Structures in Cleveland, OH, 2009-2013: Impacts on Real Estate Equity and Mortgage-foreclosure
February 11, 2014
Report - By: Griswold Consulting Group; Nigel G. Griswold; Benjamin Calnin; Michael Schramm; Luc Anselin; Paul Boehnlein
Poverty Center blog on this report; PDF report
Center on Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
The Role of Investors in the One-to-Three-Family REO Market: The Case of Cleveland
December 16, 2013
Report - By: Frank Ford; April Hirsh; Kathryn Clover , J.D.; Jeffrey A. Marks; Robin Dubin , Ph.D.; Michael Schramm; Tsui Chan; Nina Lalich; Andrew Loucky; Natalia Cabrera
Poverty Center blog on this report; Joint Center for Housing Studies press release; PDF report
Urban–Greater DC
Washington, D.C.
Making Data Accessible: Foreclosure Tracking in Washington, DC
July 1, 2013
Report - By: Peter A. Tatian; Rebecca Grace; Jennifer Comey
PDF
(Inactive) Metropolitan Philadelphia Indicators Project
Philadelphia
Foreclosure in the Philadelphia Region: The Gift that Keeps on Giving Private
June 4, 2013
Report - By: Metropolitan Philadelphia Indicators Project
PDF

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