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Research

CMU Heinz School - Report on Neighborhood Purchasing Power (8/04)

The 2004 State of the Nation's Housing Report (6/04)

The New Markets Tax Credit Program: How This Incentive Can Strengthen America's Cities

Archived Articles

CDCs in Gentrifying Neighborhoods Giving low-income residents a chance to bloom in a changing market. By Bob Van Meter (2/04)

Is Downtown Dead? Hardly (2/04)(pdf, 75KB)

LETTER FROM PITTSBURGH; Years After Big Steel's Demise, a City Lost in Transition (1/04)(pdf, 83KB)

Stopping Sprawl at its Source (8/03)(pdf, 169KB)

Seizing City Assets: Ten Steps to Urban Land Reform (7/03)(pdf, 777KB)

Changing the Community Development Game: An Increasing Focus on Regions and Markets (6/03)(pdf, 72KB)

Gentrification with a Twist A Shelterforce Roundtable on PBS.org. (6/03)

New Study Probes How Civic Infrastructure Fosters Community Development (5/03)(pdf, 121KB)

Building a New Framework for Community Development in Weak-Market Cities (4/03)(pdf, 74KB)

Evolving Challenges (1/03)(pdf, 630KB)

Community Development Corporations and their Changing Support Systems (12/02)(pdf, 72KB)

10 Steps to Urban Land Reform: Powerpoint (10/02)(ppt, 2MB)

Beyond Gentrification: Tools for Equitable Development By Kalima Rose (6/01)

Tales of Three Cities: The trickiest part of dealing with gentrification may be deciding when to start By Miriam Axel-Lute (6/01)