PubHub - Community Improvement/Development Reports

The Intersection of Place and the Economy

2012-05-23

Publisher: What Works Collaborative
Author(s): Puentes, Robert; Peter McFerrin
Published: May 2012
Examines urban demographic shifts; links between built environments and economic trends of globalization and production of tradable goods and services, technological innovation, and a low-carbon imperative; and policy implications for sustainable growth.
Funder(s): Annie E. Casey Foundation, Ford Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Rockefeller Foundation, Surdna Foundation
Related Organization(s): Brookings Institution, Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at NYU, Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, Urban Institute
Subject(s): Community Improvement/Development; Community Improvement/Development, Business/Economic Development; Public Affairs

Building Successful Neighborhoods

2012-05-22

Publisher: What Works Collaborative
Author(s): Tatian, Peter A.; G. Thomas Kingsley; Joe Parilla; Rolf Pendall
Published: May 2012
Reviews the literature on direct interventions to revitalize distressed neighborhoods by improving housing, schools, and services in terms of basic policy and strategy, programmatic strategies, and building institutional infrastructure.
Funder(s): Annie E. Casey Foundation, Ford Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Rockefeller Foundation, Surdna Foundation
Related Organization(s): Brookings Institution, Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at NYU, Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, Urban Institute
Subject(s): Community Improvement/Development; Community Improvement/Development, Affordable Housing; Public Affairs

Critical Housing Finance Challenges for Policy Makers

2012-05-21

Publisher: What Works Collaborative
Author(s): Herbert, Christopher E.; William C. Apgar; Eric S. Belsky
Published: May 2012
Examines barriers for mortgage lending to underserved groups and in distressed neighborhoods, such as risk assessment; financing for multifamily rental markets, such as affordability; and financing for sustainable housing, such as transactional costs.
Funder(s): Annie E. Casey Foundation, Ford Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Rockefeller Foundation, Surdna Foundation
Related Organization(s): Brookings Institution, Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at NYU, Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, Urban Institute
Subject(s): Community Improvement/Development; Community Improvement/Development, Affordable Housing; Public Affairs

Housing as a Platform for Formerly Incarcerated Persons

2012-05-20

Publisher: What Works Collaborative
Author(s): Fontaine, Jocelyn; Jennifer Biess
Published: May 2012
Outlines the options for and barriers to securing housing for former prisoners; the need for stable, affordable housing in order to maintain employment and avoid substance abuse and recidivism; and models for housing as a platform for positive outcomes.
Funder(s): Annie E. Casey Foundation, Ford Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Rockefeller Foundation, Surdna Foundation
Related Organization(s): Brookings Institution, Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at NYU, Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, Urban Institute
Subject(s): Community Improvement/Development; Community Improvement/Development, Affordable Housing; Aging

Housing as a Platform for Improving Education Outcomes Among Low-Income Children

2012-05-19

Publisher: What Works Collaborative
Author(s): Cunningham, Mary; Graham MacDonald
Published: May 2012
Reviews research on how housing stability, affordability, quality, and location affect low-income children's safety, physical and mental health, and frequency of school changes, which in turn affect attendance, behavior, test scores, and graduation rates.
Funder(s): Annie E. Casey Foundation, Ford Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Rockefeller Foundation, Surdna Foundation
Subject(s): Community Improvement/Development; Community Improvement/Development, Affordable Housing; Public Affairs

Housing as a Platform for Improving Outcomes for Older Renters

2012-05-18

Publisher: What Works Collaborative
Author(s): Spillman, Brenda C.; Jennifer Biess; Graham MacDonald
Published: May 2012
Explores how housing can help support the independence and well-being of low-income renters age 50 or older, barriers to aging in place, housing service options and challenges, and conditions for positive outcomes, such as affordability and accessibility.
Funder(s): Annie E. Casey Foundation, Ford Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Rockefeller Foundation, Surdna Foundation
Related Organization(s): Brookings Institution, Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at NYU, Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, Urban Institute
Subject(s): Community Improvement/Development; Community Improvement/Development, Affordable Housing; Aging

Challenges Facing Housing Markets in the Next Decade, Developing a Policy-Relevant Research Agenda

2012-05-17

Publisher: What Works Collaborative
Author(s): Been, Vicki; Ingrid Gould Ellen
Published: May 2012
Outlines research questions in the areas of: the impact of the housing market crisis; rising poverty and income inequality and volatility; concentration of poor and minority households in distressed areas; and need for sustainable housing and communities.
Funder(s): Annie E. Casey Foundation, Ford Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Rockefeller Foundation, Surdna Foundation
Subject(s): Community Improvement/Development; Community Improvement/Development, Affordable Housing; Public Affairs

Field-Building Research Agendas: Critical Issues in Housing and Urban Policy, Executive Summary

2012-05-16

Publisher: What Works Collaborative
Published: May 2012
Provides an overview of research papers on the cross-cutting challenges of housing as a platform for overcoming social and economic distress, housing markets, housing finance, successful neighborhoods, and the intersection of place and the economy.
Funder(s): Annie E. Casey Foundation, Ford Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Rockefeller Foundation, Surdna Foundation
Related Organization(s): Brookings Institution, Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at NYU, Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, Urban Institute
Subject(s): Community Improvement/Development; Community Improvement/Development, Affordable Housing; Public Affairs

L.A. Rising: The 1992 Civic Unrest, the Arc of Social Justice Organizing, and the Lessons for Today's Movement Building

2012-05-15

Publisher: Program for Environmental & Regional Equity
Author(s): Pastor, Manuel; Michele Prichard
Published: April 2012
Examines the broad, multiracial, multi-sector movement building that has emerged in Los Angeles to demand community benefits agreements; better mass transit systems, school funding and curricula, and job training; and workers' and immigrants' rights.
Funder(s): Atlantic Philanthropies, James Irvine Foundation, Solidago Foundation
Subject(s): Civil Society; Community Improvement/Development

Knight Community Information Challenge: 2011 Evaluation Findings

2012-05-02

Publisher: John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Published: February 2012
Highlights, in slides, findings from an annual evaluation of the media and journalism grant program and progress in increasing community and place-based foundations' engagement with information needs and in creating more informed and engaged communities.
Funder(s): John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Related Organization(s): FSG
Subject(s): Journalism/Media; Community Improvement/Development; Philanthropy and Voluntarism