Housing
A collection of resources that might be useful to programming related to affordable housing:
- America's Rental Housing: The Key to a Balanced National Policy, Edited by Nicolas P. Retsinas and Eric S. Belsky, Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University, 4-28-08. Among other findings, the report estimates that 20% of all foreclosures involve small, investor-owned rental properties for families.
- Community Housing Survey used in Richland County (Developed by Peggy Olive & John Merrill)
- "Community Indicators". Scroll down the page to view the community indicators on the topics of : Lending Data Offers Insight Into Housing Issues & County Foreclosure Data
- Copies of the presentations from the conference titled: " An Informed Discussion of Nontraditional Mortgage Products & Escalating Foreclosures " held 12-11-07
- Defaulting on the Dream: States Respond to America's Foreclosure Crisis, April, 2008, The Pew Charitable Trusts. See also their state fact sheet for Wisconsin.
- Driven to the Brink: How the Gas Price Spike Popped the Housing Bubble and Devalued the Suburbs, By Joe Cortright, May, 2008, COEs for Cities
- Economic Snapshots on the topic of Housing. Instructions for localizing 12 housing snapshops that have appeared in the series published in the Wisconsin State Journal created by the UWEX Center for Community & Economic Development (Andy Lewis)
- Foreclosure/housing programming teleconference, 12-4-07 (click here for an archived version of the teleconference)
- A Home for Everyone Conference, July 23-24, 2008, Appleton, WI
- Hope Hotline operated by NeighborWorks - 888-995-HOPE offers free foreclosure prevention counseling to any homeowner in America having trouble paying their mortgage. The service is available 24 hours a day/7 days a week. Prevention counseling is done by expert counselors at HUD-approved agencies
- Housing Needs Assessment Survey: Potential Stakeholders (Developed by Peggy Olive & John Merrill)
- Housing resources developed by U.W. Extension (Family Living Program Area)
- The Impact of the Mortgage Crisis on Children (Includes state estimates), Phillip Lovell & Julia Isaacs, First Focus, May, 2008.
- Maps providing insight into the foreclosure issue in Wisconsin (These maps were created by Matt Kures, Center for Community and Economic Development, UWEX:
- Properties facing foreclosure by county (2007 compared to 2006) Note: This fall we will be adding a map with data by census tract.
- Propeties facing foreclosure by zip code - 2007 (southern tier only)
- HUD Neighborhood Stabilization Program estimated home foreclosure and abandonment Risks by Census tract Note: We will soon be adding an exanded view of Milwaukee County. For more information on this data generated for the neighborhood Stabilization program , click here.
- Subprime & High Interest Mortgages in 2006 by County (2006 HMDA Data)
- Subprime & High Interest Mortgages in 2007 by County (2007 HMDA Data)
- Subprime & High Interest Mortgages in 2007 by Census Tract (2007 HMDA Data) Note: We will soon be adding an exanded view of Milwaukee County.
Maps: Foreclosure civil case data by census tract - These County maps show the number of foreclosure cases per 100 housing units by census tract (2005-2007). The first maps that will be available will be the Counties that have a CDBG entitlement area. The remaining counties will be posted the week of 12-8-09. There is also a link on this page to A spreadsheet containing the number of foreclosure cases by census tract (2005-2007). Or you can click here.
- HUD Users Neighborhood Stabilization Program Data
- Federal Reserve Bank of New York Dynamic maps showing data from the second quarter of 2008 on mortgage delinquencies, bank card delinquencies, and nonprime mortgage conditions.
- The Next Slum? An article by christopher Leinberger in the Atlantic Magazine that argues that the subprime crisis may be just the tip of the iceberg. Fundamental changes in American life may turn today's McMansions into tomorrow's tenements.
- National Low Income Housing Coalition: This coalition provides a great profile for the state of Wisconsin, counties and metro areas that illustrates the affordable housing issue quite well. For Wisconsin, click here. To select a county or municipality in Wisconsin, click here.
- Properties, Units, and Tenure in the Foreclosure Crisis: An Initial Analysis of Properties at the End of the Foreclosure Process in New England, Keith E. Wardrip
Danilo Pelletiere, National Low Income Housing Coalition, 5-8-08. This report estimates that up to 45% of households whose homes are in foreclosure in four New England States involve renters. - Resources for Those Facing Foreclosure or Affected By Predatory Lending (state-wide), Resources for Those Facing Foreclosure or Affected By Predatory Lending (Milwaukee)
- Sample consumer mail alert developed by a Foreclosure Prevention Team in Racine County
- Subprime Spillover, January 18, 2008 (revised), Center for Responsible Lending. This report estimates the devaluation of homes and the tax collection implications associated with foreclosures. This was the basis for some of the data in the Pew report linked above ("Defaulting on the Dream").
- WisStat Housing profiles created by the Wisconsin Extension Applied Population Lab (click on "profiles" and then select "housing profile" and the community and or county you are interested in.
