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State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods: An Overview of Recent Trends

Schill, Michael H.; Daniels, Glynis - Center for Urban Policy Research <New Brunswick, NJ> - 2003

States with quality affordable housing. The city’shousing problems are frequently the subject of intense debate.It is … sometimes said that housing problems in New York Cityare exceptional and cannot be compared with those of othercities. In this … paper, we provide this comparative perspectivethrough an examination of certain housing indicators for NewYork City, the …

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Comparing the Costs of Federal Housing Assistance Programs

DiPasquale, Denise; Fricke, Dennis; Garcia-Diaz, Daniel - United States / General Accounting Office - 2003

. Next,we describe the housing provided under each program and ourmethodology for estimating costs. We then present our …

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The Building Blocks for Private Investment in New York City’s Underserved Communities

Roberts, Richard - 2003

-income housing taxcredit and other types of tax partnerships. Quite frankly, thebiggest of these tax-motivated sources has been the …

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Demand for Crop Insurance by Organic Corn andSoybean Farmers in Three Major Producing States

Singerman, Ariel; Hart, Chad E.; Lence, Sergio H. - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2010

A survey of organic grain and oilseed producers in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin wasconducted to collect information about their demographic characteristics, production and pricerisk management strategies, yields and losses, and crop insurance decisions. The data areanalyzed using a discrete...

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Effects of Homeownership on Children: The Role of Neighborhood Characteristics and Family Income

Harkness, Joseph M.; Newman, Sandra J. - Johns Hopkins University <Baltimore, Md.> / Department … - 2003

[...]This exploratory paper first tests whether homeownershiphas equally positive effects for children of low-income andhigher income families. Focusing on the low-income group, itthen examines whether, and how, these homeownership effectsare influenced by neighborhood attributes. The next...

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The Impacts of New Neighborhoods on Poor Families: Evaluating thePolicy Implications of the Moving to Opportunity Demonstration

Goering, John - City University <New York, NY> - 2003

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s(HUD) Moving to Opportunity for Fair HousingDemonstration, or MTO … significantly affect the life chances of lowincomepublic housing residents. This paper provides the firstsystematic overview of the … explores the MTO’s relevance to socialscience research concerning housing and neighborhood effects. We begin with the social …

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The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Community Reinvestment Act: Past Accomplishments and Future Regulatory Challenges

Apgar, William C.; Duda, Mark - Joint Center for Housing Studies <Cambridge, Mass.> - 2003

This paper draws on a more extensive Joint Center for HousingStudies assessment of the CRA, funded by the FordFoundation. The larger study not only assesses the impact ofthe CRA on home purchase and home refinance lending, it alsopresents commentary on the CRA’s impact on small-businessand...

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