Research

Affordable Housing and Community Development

Project Description

The project provides technical assistance to local governments and nonprofit community development organizations as they determine how to revitalize blighted neighborhoods and return abandoned, vacant, and tax delinquent properties to productive use.

Project Accomplishments
  • Led legislative initiatives in Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; Flint, Detroit, and Saginaw, Michigan; Indianapolis, Indiana; Little Rock, Arkansas; New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Special projects: Community Partner Outreach Center; Technical Assistance to Local Governments on Vacant, Abandoned and Tax Delinquent Properties; Study of Land Bank Authorities in the United States 
Sponsors

Annie E. Casey Foundation, Fannie Mae Foundation, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), Joe and Emily Lowe Foundation, National Vacant Properties Campaign (Smart Growth America), Southern Bell Matching Gifts Program, Stern Foundation, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Directors

Project Publications

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Title Author, Editor, or Contributor Links
"Baltimore City Land Bank: Laying the Foundations," July 22-23, 2008 Frank S. Alexander
A City for All: Report of the Gentrification Task Force of the Atlanta City Council, Fannie Mae Foundation/LISC, 2001 Frank S. Alexander
"Constitutional Questions About Tax Lien Foreclosures," Government Finance Review, Vol. 16 (2000) Frank S. Alexander
"The Context for Legal Authority and Decision Making, Supporting Development at the State Level," June 29, 2009 Frank S. Alexander
"Don't Bet the House," Partners in Community and Economic Development, Vol. 17, No. 2 (2007) Frank S. Alexander
"East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority: From Planning to Execution," December 12, 2008 Frank S. Alexander
"The Evolving Legal Landscape for Louisiana Redevelopment," August 14, 2008 Frank S. Alexander
"The Foreclosure Crisis and Community Loss Mitigation," February 13, 2009 Frank S. Alexander
"The Foreclosure Process and Community Loss Mitigation," July 15, 2008 Frank S. Alexander
Georgia Real Estate Finance & Foreclosure Law 2009-2010, Thomson-West, 2009 Frank S. Alexander
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