Reports and Studies


NeighborWorks publications include approximately 100 reports and studies on a broad range of affordable housing and community development topics, including foreclosure prevention and community stabilization. We encourage you to search our database by topic or keyword and download free copies of the studies you need. You may direct any questions to editor[at]nw.org.

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Feature: Pre-Purchase Counseling Impacts on Mortgage Performance: Empirical Analysis of NeighborWorks America?s Experience
Mar 7, 2013
Neighborworks America
NeighborWorks America's (NeighborWorks) nationwide network of affiliates offers pre-purchase homebuyer counseling and education throughout the country. Using information on about 75,000 loans originated between October 2007 and September 2009, Neil...
 
Feature: Navigating the Road to Housing Recovery
Mar 5, 2013
Neighborworks America
Navigating the Road to Housing Recovery is a comprehensive guide to resources and steps to take for those affected by Hurricane Sandy. If you have already begun to repair or rebuild your home, or if...
 
Community Stabilization Case Studies: Showcasing Innovative Strategies in the NeighborWorks America Network
Aug 1, 2012
NeighborWorks America's Stable Communities initiative
The foreclosure crisis has caused widespread home abandonment and vacancies, exacerbating neighborhood decline in communities across the countries. In response, non-profit community development organizations have emerged as the vanguards of...
 
(Re)vitalizing Inner-City Neighborhood Business Districts An Assessment and Strategy Framework for Integrated Microbusiness and Real Estate Development by Nonprofits
Nov 1, 2011
Neighborworks America
Stabilization and regeneration of neighborhood business districts (NBDs) creates positive conditions for neighborhood life, including improved access to goods and services, greater social and political connectivity, and improved property values. In...
 
Governance in Organizational Expansion - Learning From Community Development Organizations
Apr 1, 2011
Neighborworks America
Community development organizations are dynamic nonprofits that adopt a range of proven strategies to revitalize neighborhoods so they are great places to live, work and play. These place-based nonprofits are positioned as organizations through...
 
Green Housing = Improved Health: A Winning Combination
Mar 1, 2011
Neighborworks America
Green building programs traditionally have focused on improving building performance while mitigating the negative environmental impacts of the built environment. They include measures to lower energy and water consumption, reduce greenhouse gas...
 
Sustainability and the City: New Kensington CDC's Sustainable 19125 Initiative
Feb 28, 2011
Neighborworks America
New Kensington Community Development Corporation (NKCDC), an organization long dedicated to revitalizing the East Kensington, Fishtown, and Port Richmond neighborhoods of Philadelphia, launched an urban sustainability initiative in 2009 called...
 
Challenges and Changes in Community-Based Lending for Homeownership
Feb 1, 2011
Neighborworks America
Community based organizations have been providing mortgage loans in low-to-moderate income and minority communities on a small scale since the 1970s. These include community or economic development organizations, loan funds, and not-for-profit...
 
Implementing the Neighborhood Stabilization Program: Community Stabilization in the NeighborWorks Network
Jan 1, 2011
ABG Consulting; Neighborworks America
This report presents case studies of 12 nonprofit housing and community development organizations working to stabilize communities hit hard by foreclosures. Each provides a powerful example of the 5 Cs of community stabilization, a paradigm...
 
Information-Driven Housing
Oct 1, 2010
Neighborworks America
While interest in sustainable residential development and construction has increased, aligning markets to these goals is highly challenging. Useful information available to consumers to inform their decision-making remains relatively limited....
 
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