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Community Progress Calls on FHA to Improve Access to Rehab Mortgages

Center for Community Progress

On April 17, 2023, the Center for Community Progress submitted a response to the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)’s Request for Information (RFI) Regarding Rehabilitation Mortgages. The 203(k) program has the potential to be a vital community revitalization tool and homeownership opportunity for owner-occupant homebuyers.

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Leaders in Land Banking: A Conversation with the Directors of the Savannah-Chatham Land Bank Authority and Omaha Municipal Land Bank

Center for Community Progress

The board said I’d be buying properties that were abandoned and tax delinquent and selling them to developers to turn into affordable housing. I developed a reputation for finding solutions and as a result stepped in to lead the Blight Authority of Memphis. A Mercy Housing Duplex, part of Phase VI of Savannah Gardens.

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How Community Partners and Local Governments Collaborate to Address Heirs’ Property

Center for Community Progress

You find a local home repair program and help your parents fill out an application, only to find out that they do not qualify because they do not have legal ownership—or title —to the house. The owner’s grandson, who grew up and lived in the house with his grandmother, wanted to buy the property to keep it in his family.

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Hospitals as urban anchors/revitalization levers, not usually, but with great potential to serve communities in important ways: Examples are two forthcoming projects by Intermountain Health and University of Utah Health

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Note that the in Cleveland supported the development of the HealthLine, a bus rapid transit line serving a number of neighborhoods, including the University Circle district and Cleveland Clinic and the University Hospital system and Downtown. Anthony Focal Point Community Campus initiative. And there are other examples listed below.

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Meet the 2024-25 Cohort of Community Revitalization Fellows

Center for Community Progress

Recently, I have worked with a group of community members interested in the preservation of the community.We A major part of the process is looking into affordable housing and mixed-use properties, restoring medical and retail infrastructure. Whats one thing you love about your community? I love Memphis BBQ!