A Little More Background on Foreclosure

Foreclosure Symposia

Learn what NeighborWorks has already been doing to address the foreclosure climate during previous foreclosure-focused symposia —

• Cincinnati, OH, 2008 — Weathering the Storm: Stabilizing Communities in the Wake of Foreclosure
  
  
• Phoenix, AZ, 2007 — Taking Care of Business: Managing the Business Side of Homeownership Programs
  
  
• Washington, DC, 2005 — The Next Generation of Homeownership Partnerships: What's the Real Bottom Line - and link to Innovations 2005 contest winners

 

Background & Resources

Check out these links to background information and foreclosure basics.

• New! Community Stabilization Website— NeighborWorks America has developed a new community stabilization website with the support of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.  The website, www.stablecommunities.org, is a one-stop shop for resources and information on stabilizing communities in the wake of the foreclosure crisis.
• Alliance for Justice — Resources on Evaluating Community Organizing (RECO) — Alliance for Justice has developed the free web-based RECO. RECO, just released this fall, provides a summary of a variety of tools and methodologies, case examples and theoretical approaches related to evaluating community organizing. For questions about RECO, please contact Jeff Prior at Jeff@afj.org or Sue Hoechstetter at Sue@afj.org.
• At the end of this article is a substantive list of other resource links! http://www.nw.org/network/neighborworksprogs/foreclosuresolutions/reports/documents/7ForeclosureImpacts.pdf
• An introduction to foreclosure — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_organizing
• Foreclosure Resources — www.nw.org/foreclosure
• Foreclosure Training, NCHEC and NFMC — http://www.nw.org/network/training/homeownership/ForeclosureTraining2.asp
• Organizing strategies and multi-prong foreclosure prevention/neighborhood stabilization efforts — Case Studies: Foreclosure Prevention Programs 2008
• Housing Policy Foreclosure Toolbox
• Success Measures Foreclosure Indicators — look for information to be added soon!