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NNIP/CURA Symposium: Neighborhood Responses to the Foreclosure Crisis

On May 12, 2009, NNIP and the University of Minnesota Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) co-hosted a Symposium on Neighborhood Responses to the Foreclosure Crisis. During the meeting, local practitioners had the opportunity to share real, detailed examples of programs and policies that mitigate the devastating effects of the foreclosure crisis on households and neighborhoods. NNIP and CURA are grateful to the Family Housing Fund and the Annie E. Casey Foundation for their support of the day.

  • Symposium Summary
  • Presentations: Foreclosure Solution Strategies
  • Afternoon Workshops: Case Studies on Strategies
  • Closing Plenary: Future Directions
  • Other NNIP Foreclosure Activities

    • Program and Speaker Biographies, DOC

    Panel: Thinking Strategically about Foreclosure Response

    • Alan Mallach, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution,
      Foreclosure, Markets and Neighborhood Stabilization PPT
    • Phyllis Betts, Director of the Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action at The University of Memphis
      Pathways to Foreclosure:Implications for Reconstructing the Market for Home Ownership PPT

    Presentations: Foreclosure Solution Strategies

    • Prevention: Julie Gugin, Executive Director of Minnesota Home Ownership Center PPT

    • Mitigating Community Impacts: Edward Cunningham, Division Manager of Property Maintenance Code Enforcement for City of Cincinnati, Ohio,
      Neighborhood Response to the Foreclosure Crisis, Mitigating Community Impacts: A Code Enforcement Perspective PPT
    • Property Recovery: Dawn Stockmo, Community Development Manager for National Community Stabilization Trust and Donovan Walsh, National Community Stabilization Trust,
      Facilitating the Transfer of REO to Stabilize Neighborhoods PPT

    Afternoon Workshops: Case Studies on Strategies

    1. Outreach/Organizing for Prevention:
      • Jeff Skrenes, Housing Director of Hawthorne Neighborhood Council, Minneapolis, MN

      • Peggy Sand, Coordinator of Baltimore Homeownership Preservation Coalition,
        Using Data to Inform and Target Foreclosure Prevention and Mitigation Strategies in Baltimore, Maryland PPT
    2. Managing Foreclosed Properties:
      • Michael Schramm, Analyst at Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development at Case Western Reserve University,
        NEO CANDO: Using data to aid in code enforcement activity in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County PPT
      • John Kromer, Senior Consultant at the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania,
        Three Applications PPT
    3. Acquisition of Foreclosed Properties:
      • Carolyn Olson, President of Greater Metropolitan Housing Corporation, Minneapolis, MN and Jim Erchul, Executive Director of Daytons's Bluff Neighborhood Housing Services, ST. Paul, MN PPT
      • Junious Williams, CEO of Urban Strategies Council, Oakland, CA,
        Oakland Community Land Trust: Turning the Foreclosure Crisis into Opportunities for Oakland's Neighborhoods PPT
    4. Land Banking:
      • Donna Hunter, Land Redevelopment Administration, City of Columbus, OH,
        Neighborhood Responses to the Foreclosure Crisis PDF
      • Duane Ingram, Land Bank Manager, Department of Metropolitan Development, City of Indianapolis, IN,
        Indy Land Bank: Battling Blight Block by Block PPT

    Future Directions- The interplay between neighborhood responses to the foreclosure crisis and national polices and programs.

    • Ingrid Gould Ellen, Co-Director of the Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy at New York University,
      Neighborhood Stabilization: Challenges and Emerging Federal Responses, PPT

    The Urban Institute

    For additional information, e-mail NNIP at nnip@ui.urban.org.