Category: Reference Desk

CCP & Federal Reserve Study “Tackling Vacancy and Abandonment: Strategies and Impacts after the Great Recession”

The Center for Community Progress and the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and Cleveland released a new report titled “Tackling...

October 29, 2021

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Albany County (NY) Blight to Betterment Task Force Report

The Task Force consisting of legislators, staff and community stakeholders was convened in June 2020 and has released their report....

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Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative – Springfield Illinois Analysis

City of Springfield, IL recently utilized Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative Fellow Megan Willis-Jackson to provide an analysis, and  recommendations...

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JAMA Study Municipally Funded House Repairs and Crime Rates

Recent article in the Wall Street Journal, discusses a July 2021 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association,...

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Public Safety Strategies for Addressing Mortgage Fraud and the Foreclosure Crisis

In 2010 a report was released from the Center for Court Innovation supported by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, a...

October 22, 2021

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Continuing Educational Resources

Continuing Educational Resources Often state-specific presentation, though directed to a specific audience, provide additional insight and solutions into what are...

August 20, 2021

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The Power to Stabilize Neighborhoods

In a new study, Karen Black with May 8 Consulting Research “summarizes the existing research about the effectiveness of certain...

May 12, 2021

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Nelson A. Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth College Study on Short-Term Rental Units

“Class of 1964 Policy Research Shop” (PRS) students produce non-partisan policy analyses and present their findings in a non-advocacy manner....

April 7, 2021

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Study Determines Blight Remediation Impacts Firearm Violence in Urban Neighborhoods

A study published in The American Journal of Public Health illustrates an impact of blight that most would not consider. The...

March 22, 2021

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Federal Reserve, REO and Vacant Properties

The Federal Reserve published an article on REO and Vacant Properties, specifically strategies for neighborhood stabilization. Research and commentary were...

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