Community Development Corporations (CDCs)
Overview \
Support Organizations \ Models
& Best Practices
Research Resources \ Articles-Publications
RESEARCH RESOURCES
CDC
Oral History Project
www.picced.org/cdcoralhistory.php
Although the profiles were completed in the early 1990s, this site
contains valuable historical information outlining the history of
19 leading community development corporations.
City
Limits
www.citylimits.org
This publication focuses on New York City, but covers a wide variety
of national community development debates and issues.
Fannie
Mae Foundation Reports
www.fanniemaefoundation.org/programs/papers.shtml
The Fannie Mae Foundation conducts and sponsors policy analysis
and empirical and theoretical research on a number of housing policy,
housing finance, and community development issues. This research
is intended to stimulate thoughtful and insightful discussion on
a broad range of housing and community development topics.
HUD USER
www.huduser.org
This is the leading federal government research site regarding issues
of housing and urban development. The site is host to over 800 publications
and data sets.
HousingPolicy.org
www.housingpolicy.org
HousingPolicy.org is an online guide to state and local housing policy developed and maintained by the Center for Housing Policy, the research affiliate of the National Housing Conference. The site includes information on a broad range of state and local policy tools, as well as guidance on how to put them together to form a comprehensive and effective housing strategy.
Initiative
for Regional and Community Transformation, Rutgers University
www.regionandcommunity.org
The Initiative for Regional and Community Transformation is a university-based
effort that does research, education, and consulting work that aims
to assist community residents and leaders in the public and private
sectors frame policies that will bolster the political, economic,
and social participation of marginalized communities within larger
metropolitan economies and societies.
Knowledgeplex
www.knowledgeplex.org
Sponsored by the Fannie Mae Foundation, Knowledgeplex organizes
a wide variety of research materials on affordable housing and community
development issues.
LISC
Online Resource Library
www.lisc.org/resources/presenters_index.shtml
The LISC Online Resource Library provides a host of practical
community development resources on affordable housing, land
use and planning, and organizational development issues.
My CDC
www.ncced.org/mycdc.html
This website, created by a former CDC trade association, the
National Congress for Community Economic Development, and
now maintained by NeighborWorks, contains a series of tools
that focus on developing and sustaining community development
corporations and other community economic development entities,
including information on how to form a CDC, developing market
and business plans, and preparing financial statements.
Next American
City
www.americancity.org
Founded in 2003 by a couple of recent Yale
graduates still in their twenties, Next American City has brought
a fresh perspective to issues of community development. Published
quarterly, each magazine focuses on a different urban or community
development theme.
Shelterforce
www.nhi.org/online/issues.html
Sponsored by the National Housing
Institute, Shelterforce is a leading periodical of the community
development community.
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