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Investor perspective: how to invest in NMTCs
Taylor, Bob (2005)
Wells Fargo Bank has over $1 billion in its community investment portfolio and is one of the country?s leading investors in NMTC. This article is a practical analysis of how to target and underwrite NMTC investments.
Community Development Innovation Review , Issue 1 , Pages 33-36

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Building on the Ambitions and Aspirations of Newcomers
Blanchard, Angela (2017)
This interview explores the opportunity to strengthen the role of cities as landing places for new immigrants, connecting them to social and economic pathways. Ms. Blanchard discusses BakerRipley?s approach to Appreciative Community Building, the dual challenges of limited resources and impact measurement, and how she?s preparing for the next decade of community development work.
Community Development Innovation Review , Issue 1 , Pages 027-033

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How Collaboration Drives Community Development Innovation in Los Angeles
Hisserich, Helmi (2017)
This essay explores how the City of Los Angeles embraced collaboration in the face of major cuts to funding for affordable housing. Leveraging the themes of What Works, the City sought new partners and opportunities for better alignment to improve multiple aspects of the affordable housing system, from financing and transit-oriented development to the use of public lands and formation of a housing research library.
Community Development Innovation Review , Issue 1 , Pages 021-025

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Preservation in Middle Neighborhoods: Promising Results in Ohio
Hamilton, Nicholas; Bertron, Cara (2016)
Historic preservation is about recognizing and valuing what was created in the past. It offers a lens for recognizing the value of neighborhoods and telling the stories of the people who have shaped and continue to shape them. This chapter articulates the case for a community-oriented preservation model that supports long-time residents, creates pathways for newcomers, and strengthens neighborhoods for all.
Community Development Innovation Review , Issue 01 , Pages 157-176

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Financing hope
Altman, Frank L. (2006)
Community Development Innovation Review , Issue 1 , Pages 65-67

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Including the beneficiary voice: the success measures experience
Grieve, Margaret; Visser, Deborah (2011)
Community Development Innovation Review , Issue 02 , Pages 35-42

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Bringing success to scale: Pay for Success and housing homeless individuals in Massachusetts
Hayward, Jeff; Finn, Joe (2013)
Valentino became homeless after struggles with gambling and alcohol addictions left him with nothing. For more than a decade, Valentino stayed in shelters in the Greater Boston area?or in the hospital. Valentino had three heart attacks while he was homeless, each one worse than the last. He was unable to take care of his health without a stable, safe place to live. Now, Valentino lives in permanent housing through the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance (MHSA) Home & Healthy for Good (HHG) program, which is a partnership between MHSA and its member agencies like Pine Street Inn, where ...
Community Development Innovation Review , Issue 01 , Pages 135-138

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Using new markets tax credits to mitigate the impact of foreclosures on communities
Steiger, Anna (2009)
Across the country, committees have been established to come up with ways to mitigate the impact of foreclosures on lower-income communities. A few are exploring the feasibility of having community-based organizations use the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program to facilitate the purchase of foreclosed residential properties for rehabilitation and resale to low- and moderate-income families. In theory, these organizations could use the tax credits to help recover their costs for purchasing, fixing up, and selling homes at a price that is affordable to lower-income buyers. Moreover, the tax ...
Community Development Innovation Review , Issue 1 , Pages 76-82

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The Case for Intervention in Middle Neighborhoods
Galster, George (2016)
As compared with places that are gentrifying or experiencing concentrated disadvantage, middle neighborhoods have been largely ignored by urban scholars and planners. This oversight must be rectified because middle neighborhoods play a vital role in the overall health of a city and in the well-being of its poorest citizens, even if they do not live in them. This chapter establishes a rationale for why scholars and policymakers should seriously consider middle neighborhoods as a locus of potential policy innovation and intervention.
Community Development Innovation Review , Issue 01 , Pages 008-020

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Bridging the information gap between capital markets investors and CDFIs
Seidman, Ellen (2006)
Proceedings of the Conference on the Secondary Market for Community Development Loans The problem of efficiently matching buyer and seller is both ancient and ubiquitous. It is, of course, the source of the concepts of brokerage and intermediation. The situation in which sellers are small, traditional and local and buyers large, sophisticated, and national or, indeed, global, is an especially difficult one to get right?especially from the perspective of the sellers. But it is also the situation in which modern technology may be most useful. This ancient dilemma resembles the problem of ...
Community Development Innovation Review , Issue 2 , Pages 36-39

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