This issue of Banking and Community Perspectives offers an overview of the ideas presented at "Entrepreneurship in the Changing Economy: From Survival to Sustainability." This forum took place on Oct. 14, 2009, in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. Speakers from the Ewing Marion Kauffman...

Despite some of the positive news in housing markets, the rate of mortgage foreclosures and delinquencies in Texas is on a sharp incline. This issue of e-Perspectives provides a list of foreclosure resources.

In a recent Southwest Economy, Dallas Fed economists D'Ann Petersen and Laila Assanie examine the Texas housing market. Another article, by the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University, provides an in-depth analysis of Texas' housing affordability and how it differs across the state's...

In March the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas interviewed Otis Thornton, Homelessness Program Director at the City of Fort Worth, to discuss the fundamentals of homelessness and efforts to combat it.

This issue of Banking and Community Perspectives explores the features and limitations of two of the existing products and services for the financially underserved--prepaid cards and small-dollar loans.

Since 2007, the state of New Mexico has invested $2.45 million to support Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) for New Mexico savers. This funding provides a much-needed local match required by federal IDA funding, which was awarded through the Assets for Independence Act.

The national Community Action program began in the 1960s to serve as a focal point in local communities for the war on poverty. Programs were established in a majority of counties across the U.S., including some in rural areas. Many programs continue to thrive today, and in mostly rural southern...

In July 2010, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas launched the Community Outlook Survey, a quarterly online survey to assess community and economic development in the Eleventh District of the Federal Reserve System--Texas, northern Louisiana and southern New Mexico. ; This seven-question survey...

John Molinaro, codirector of the Community Strategies Group for international leadership organization the Aspen Institute in Washington, spoke to Banking and Community Perspectives about his perceptions of rural asset building from a national perspective.

Postrecession, the asset-building movement continues to gain momentum across the country. Individuals and families pursue wealth-building strategies based on such time-honored principles as budget to save, save to invest, credit building, controlling debt and protecting wealth once it has been...