News & Notes: Housing policy

Artspace Cleveland conducting survey, assessing need for artist housing

April 8, 2008

Artspace Cleveland is conducting a survey to help assess the need for artist studio space [...]

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categories: Housing policy

Cleveland City Council hosts 'Fighting Foreclosure and Abandonment Forum'

February 27, 2008

This morning, Cleveland City Council is hosting the "Fighting Foreclosure and Abandonment Forum" [...]

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categories: Foreclosure crisis, Housing policy, In the community, Predatory lending

The community land trust: 'a virtually foreclosure-free safe harbor'

February 7, 2008

The Boston Globe ran an editorial on the success CLTs have had promoting stable and secure homeownership [...]

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categories: Foreclosure crisis, Housing policy, Community land trusts

Why 'It's a Wonderful Life' still matters

by Kyle Julien, Development Director

December 23, 2007

Despite being overworked and cliche, "It's a Wonderful Life" is a movie that says a great deal about the ways we think about homeownership and community investment [...]

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categories: Community land trusts, Housing policy

90.3's Sound of Ideas: The Case for a Land Bank

November 13, 2007

This morning, 90.3 WCPN's Sound of Ideas program aired a discussion on plans for a countywide land bank--modeled on the Land Bank in Genesee County, Michigan [...]

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categories: Foreclosure crisis, Housing policy

Columbus Dispatch on Ohio House Bill 138: Timely filing of deeds after sheriff's sales

November 3, 2007

This week, the Columbus Dispatch ran an editorial calling for passage of HB 138, which would allow sheriff's departments to file deeds after sales of foreclosed properties at sheriff's sale. [...]

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categories: Foreclosure crisis, Housing policy

The Foreclosure Crisis: Shaping the Consumer Response, Friday Nov. 9

October 29, 2007

Organize! Ohio and Bromley & Associates are sponsoring a one-day conference entitled "The Foreclosure Crisis--Shaping the Consumer Response," [...]

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categories: Foreclosure crisis, Housing policy, Predatory lending

Artist Workshop on Affordable Live/Work Housing for Ownership, ArtSpace-Cleveland, Nov. 9-Nov. 10

October 29, 2007

ArtSpace Cleveland is presenting an Artist Workshop on Affordable Live/Work Housing for Ownership [...]

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categories: Housing policy

Shelterforce Magazine looks at limited-equity homeownership

June 14, 2007

The current issue of Shelterforce Magazine, published by the National Housing Institute, focuses on shared-equity homeownership models [...]

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categories: Community land trusts, Housing policy

Housing Research & Advocacy Center report documents racial disparities in home lending

December 15, 2006

The Housing Research & Advocacy Center released a report that documents wide racial disparities in home lending patterns in Ohio. [...]

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categories: Foreclosure crisis, Housing policy