Housing America : mobilizing bankers, builders and communities to solve the nation's affordable housing crisis / Jess Lederman, editor.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lederman, Jess
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Ill. : Probus Pub. Co., [1993], ©1993.
Subjects:
Housing > United States > Finance.
Housing policy > United States.
Physical Description:xxiv, 377 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1. Financing affordable housing: State-of-the-art techniques and critical issues
  • 2. Increasing affordability through low-down-payment loans: The role of the mortgage insurance industry
  • 3. The Chase community development corporation: A model of for-profit affordable housing lending
  • 4. The community preservation corporation: A national model for financing affordable housing
  • 5. Fannie Mae's affordable housing initiatives: Historical perspective and future prospects
  • 6. Neighborhood housing services of America: Developing a secondary market for affordable housing loans-- 7. Pension funds and affordable housing
  • 8. Architectural solutions for affordable housing on small sites
  • 9. The for-profit homebuilder's perspective on affordable housing
  • 10. Nonprofit development in Atlanta, Georgia: Progressive Redevelopment, Inc.
  • 11. San Francisco, California: Bridge Housing Corporation
  • 12. Habitat for Humanity: Changing the world one house at a time
  • 13. Future directions for housing urban America
  • 14. The Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • 15. The Resolution Trust Corporation: Creating affordable housing opportunities from the savings and loan cleanup
  • 16. The role of state housing finance agencies and the need for a national housing policy
  • 17. Maine State Housing Authority finds a way
  • 18. New York City capital program for affordable housing
  • 19. Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation: How residents, lenders and local government officials are working together to create affordable housing.
  • 20. The enterprise foundation: How a national intermediary assists nonprofit community development
  • 21. Louisville, Kentucky: The housing partnership, Inc.
  • 22. Mount Vernon, New York: The Housing and Neighborhood Development Institute, Inc.
  • 23. Waukegan, Illinois: Lake County community action project
  • 24. The national alliance to end homelessness
  • 25. Hope for the homeless: The United Way of America
  • 26. Coalition for the homeless
  • 27. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: People's emergency center
  • 28. Housing for the elderly
  • 29. Employer-assisted housing
  • 30. Housing the rural poor.