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The Impacts of Foreclosures on Families and Communities (Research Report)
G. Thomas Kingsley, Robin E. Smith, David Price

The foreclosure crisis is now having dramatic effects throughout America. In mid-2008, recognizing that this phenomenon was still quite new, the Open Society Institute asked the Urban Institute to scan available research to document what we know about: (1) the way foreclosures impact families; (2) how foreclosures affect communities; and (3) the efforts now underway, or being suggested, to address the crisis, focusing on actions at the local level. This report presents the results of this review. A final section offers the authors' recommendations on priorities for additional research to fill important gaps in the knowledge base.

Posted to Web: June 22, 2009Publication Date: May 01, 2009

The Impacts of Foreclosures on Families and Communities: A Primer (Research Report)
G. Thomas Kingsley, Robin E. Smith, David Price

The foreclosure crisis is now having dramatic effects throughout America. In mid-2008, recognizing that this phenomenon was still quite new, the Open Society Institute asked the Urban Institute to scan available research to document what we know about: (1) the way foreclosures impact families; (2) how foreclosures affect communities; and (3) the efforts now underway, or being suggested, to address the crisis, focusing on actions at the local level. This report summarizes a longer report presenting the results of this review.

Posted to Web: June 22, 2009Publication Date: May 01, 2009

Facts and Findings about Foreclosures, Families, and Communities (Press Release)
The Urban Institute

"The Impacts of Foreclosures on Families and Communities" details what is known about how foreclosures adversely affect households and their neighborhoods — from children and the elderly to public safety and local property tax revenues. It also looks at policies, programs, and response strategies to prevent or mitigate the fallout.

Posted to Web: June 22, 2009Publication Date: June 22, 2009

A National Commitment to Ending Homelessness among Veterans - Why Affordable Housing Programs Matter: Testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Testimony)
Mary K. Cunningham

In this testimony, Mary Cunningham discusses different housing-based interventions that policymakers could adopt to end homelessness among veterans. Increasing HUD-VASH vouchers and tightly targeting them to high need veterans, as well as increasing rapid rehousing programs and affordable housing programs for low-income veterans who are homeless primarily for economic reasons are discussed.

Posted to Web: June 17, 2009Publication Date: June 10, 2009

Five Questions For Mary Cunningham (Five Questions)
Mary K. Cunningham

Mary Cunningham, author of "Preventing and Ending Homelessness—Next Steps," answers five questions about how to combat homelessness. Evidence-based approaches have cut homelessness among chronically homeless single adults and new strategies are now being adopted to help homeless families. Investing in proven strategies is crucial as the economic crisis puts more people at risk of ending up in shelters and threatens to reverse the progress communities have made toward ending and preventing homelessness.

Posted to Web: April 22, 2009Publication Date: April 22, 2009

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