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New Research

AFFORDABLE HOUSING

A New Paradigm for Housing in Greater Boston
Bluestone, Barry, Charles C. Euchner, and Gretchen Weismann. Boston, MA: Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University, 2000.

A Study of the Relationship Between Affordable Family Rental Housing and Home Values in the Twin Cities:
Final Report
Minneapolis, MN: Family Housing Fund, 2000. Web citation: www.fhfund.org.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

The Economies of Central City Neighborhoods
Bingham, Richard D., and Zhongcai Zhang. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2001.

Reviving America’s Forgotten Neighborhoods: An Investigation of Inner City Revitalization Efforts
Bright, Elise M. New York, NY: Garland Publishing, Inc., 2000.

GOOD NEIGHBORHOODS: A Study of In-Town and Suburban Residential Environments
Brower, Sidney. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2000.

The Riddle of Community-Based Initiatives
Edelman, Ira. National Civic Review 89, 2 (Summer 2000): 169–182.

COMEBACK CITIES: A Blueprint for Urban Neighborhood Revival
Grogan, Paul S., and Tony Proscio. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2000.

Community Development Corporations and Smart Growth: Putting Policy into Practice
Karlinsky, Sarah. Cambridge, MA: Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University, 2000.

Absentee lot owners in Texas colonias: who are they, and what do they want?
Ward, Peter M., and Jeremiah Carew. Habitat International 24, 3 (September 2000): 327–345.

DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY

REVIEW OF STRUCTURAL MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR HOME BUILDING IN THE UNITED STATES: 1900 to 2000
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 2001. H

Steel vs. Wood: Cost and Short Term Energy Comparison: Valparaiso Demonstration Homes
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 2001. H

Wood Shear Walls With Corners
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 2001. H

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Stronger Links: New Ways to Connect Low-Skilled Workers to Better Jobs
Baltimore, MD: Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2000.

The Effects of Tax Increment Financing on Economic Development
Dye, Richard F., and David F. Merriman. Journal of Urban Economics 47, 2 (2000): 306–328.

Commercial Development Joint Ventures
Grant, Mark D. Journal of Affordable Housing 9, 4 (Summer 2000): 392–405.

Dirt Into Dollars: Converting Vacant Land into Valuable Development
Hughes, Mark Alan. Brookings Review 18, 3 (Summer 2000): 34–37.

Digital Geography: The remaking of city and countryside in the new economy
Kotkin, Joel, and Fred Siegel. Indianapolis, IN: Hudson Institute, 2000.

A COOPERATIVE APPROACH TO LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Merrett, Christopher D., and Norman Walzer, eds. Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 2000.

Creating, Preserving, and Improving Housing Through Community Economic Development
Popp, Elena, and Francisca Gonzalez Baxa. Clearinghouse Review 33, 11–12 (March/April 2000): 668–683.

A Window of Opportunity: The Concentrated Buying Power in Inner Cities
Stanley, Frances D. Richmond, VA: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Community Affairs Office, 2000.

Ghettoes Made Easy: The Metamarket/ Antimarket Dichotomy and the Legal Challenges of Inner-City Economic Development
Troutt, David Dante. Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 35, 2 (Summer 2000): 427–507.

HOMELESSNESS

Meeting the Needs of the Mentally Ill Homeless in Massachusetts-Based Emergency Shelters
Mosher-Ashley, Pearl M., Nancy Henrikson, and Erin French. Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless 9, 1 (2000): 1–17.

HOMEOWNERSHIP

Race and the Value of Owner-Occupied Housing, 1940–1990
Collins, William J., and Robert A. Margo. Working Paper No. 310. Jerome Levy Economics Institute, 2000. Web citation: http://www.levy.org/docs/workpap/papers/310html.

Raising the Roof: California Housing Development Projections and Constraints, 1997–2020
Landis, John D., Michael Smith-Heimer, Michael Larice, Michael Reilly, Mary Corley, and Oliver Jerchow. California Department of Housing and Community Development, 2000. Web citation: http://www.hcd.ca.gov/hpd/hrc/rtr/int1r.htm.

THE SOCIAL BENEFITS AND COSTS OF HOMEOWNERSHIP: A Critical Assessment of the Research
Rohe, William M., George McCarthy, and Shannon Van Zandt. Working Paper No. 00–01. Washington, DC: Research Institute for Housing America, 2000.

Internalizing Neighborhood Externalities: The Effect of Subdivision Size and Zoning on Residential Lot Prices
Thorsnes, Paul. Journal of Urban Economics 48, 3 (2000): 397–418.

HOUSING FINANCE

The Effects of Recent Mortgage Refinancing
Brady, Peter J., Glenn B. Canner, and Dean M. Maki. Federal Reserve Bulletin (July 2000): 441–450.

Financing New Urbanism Projects: Obstacles and Solutions
Gyourko, Joseph E., and Witold Rybczynski. Housing Policy Debate 11, 3 (2000): 733–750.

The Spatial Distribution of Housing-Related Tax Benefits in the United States
Gyourko, Joseph E., and Todd Sinai. Philadelphia, PA: Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center, The Wharton School, 2000.

Predatory Lending and the Federal Reserve
Skillern, Peter. Philomont, VA: Financial Markets Center, 2000.

Income, Location and Default: Some Implications for Community Lending
Van Order, Robert, and Peter Zorn. Real Estate Economics 28, 3 (2000): 385–404.

HOUSING FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS

Senior Living: Beyond the Nursing Home
Raymond, Joan. American Demographics 22, 11 (November 2000): 58–63.

LAND USE AND ZONING

Monitoring Urban Land Supply with Geographic Information Systems: Theory, Practice, and Parcel-Based Approaches
Moudon, Anne Vernez, and Michael Hubner. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000.

Vacant Land in Cities: An Urban Resource
Pagano, Michael A., and Ann O’M. Bowman. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, 2000.

PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING

WHO SHOULD RUN THE HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM? A REFORM PROPOSAL
Katz, Bruce, and Margery Austin Turner. Working Paper. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, 2000.

SEARCHING FOR RENTAL HOUSING WITH SECTION 8 IN THE CHICAGO REGION
Popkin, Susan J., and Mary K. Cunningham. Washington, DC: Urban Institute, 2000.

HUD INSPECTIONS: Steps Needed to Address Uncertainty in Inspection Scores
Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office, 2000.

REGIONALISM AND METROPOLITAN AREAS

Office Sprawl: The Evolving Geography of Business
Lang, Robert E. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, 2000.

COMPETITIVE REGIONALISM: BEYOND INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION
McCarthy, Linda. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration, 2000.

STATE ECONOMIES, METROPOLITAN GOVERNANCE, AND URBAN-SUBURBAN ECONOMIC DEPENDENCE
Post, Stephanie Shirley, and Robert M. Stein. Urban Affairs Review 36, 1 (September 2000): 46–60.

Transforming A Global City for the Information Society: Metropolitan Chicago at the Crossroads
Widmayer, Patricia. Journal of Urban Technology 7, 2 (August 2000): 23–42.

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

PARTNERSHIPS IN COMMUNITIES: REWEAVING THE FABRIC OF RURAL AMERICA
Richardson, Jean. Covelo, CA: Island Press, 2000.

Collaboration and Partnership in Funding Rural Communities
Visser, Deborah L. McLean, VA: Neighborhood Funders Group, 2000.

Capitalizing on Rural Communities: Emerging Development Venture Capital Funds in Appalachia
Washington, DC: Appalachian Regional Commission, 2000.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Compact Cities and Sustainable Urban Development: A critical assessment of policies and plans from an international perspective
de Roo, Gert, and Donald Miller, eds. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2000.

Implementing Sustainable Development: Strategies and Initiatives in High Consumption Societies
Lafferty, William M., and James Meadowcroft, eds. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2000.

SMART SIGNALS: Property tax reform for smart growth
St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Planning Environmental Quality Board, 2000.

URBAN AFFAIRS

The New Urban Demographics: Race Space & Boomer Aging
Frey, William H. Brookings Review 18, 3 (Summer 2000): 18–21.

THE LIMITS OF OUT-MIGRATION FOR THE BLACK MIDDLE CLASS
Pattillo-McCoy, Mary. Journal of Urban Affairs 22, 3 (2000): 225–241.

The Promise of the City: Space, Identity, and Politics in Contemporary Social Thought
Tajbakhsh, Kian. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2000.

SPATIALITY AND URBAN REDEVELOPMENT MOVEMENTS
Wilson, David, and Dennis Grammenos. Urban Geography 21, 4 (2000): 361–370.

URBAN PLANNING

Demand for Density? The Functions of the City in the 21st Century
Glaeser, Edward L. Brookings Review 18, 3 (Summer 2000): 10–13.

"Growing Pains": The NGA’s Flawed Report on Sprawl
Hayward, Steven. No. 1393. Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation, 2000.

Urban Planning, Information Technology, and Cyberspace
Shiode, Narushige. Journal of Urban Technology 7, 2 (August 2000): 105–126.

Cities in the 21st Century
Washington, DC: Urban Land Institute, 2000.

Cities in Transition: World Bank Urban and Local Government Strategy
Washington, DC: The World Bank Group, 2000.

URBAN POVERTY AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS

On the Bottom Rung: A Profile of Americans in Low-Income Working Families
Acs, Gregory, Katherin Ross Phillips, and Daniel McKenzie. New Federalism Series A, No. A–42. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute, 2000.

THE CAUSES OF REGIONAL VARIATIONS IN U.S. POVERTY: A CROSS-COUNTY ANALYSIS
Levernier, William, Mark D. Partridge, and Dan S. Rickman. Journal of Regional Science 40, 3 (2000): 473–497.

FIGHTING POVERTY WITH VIRTUE: MORAL REFORM AND AMERICA’S URBAN POOR, 1825–2000
Schwartz, Joel. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2000.

Racial Residential Segregation by Level of Socioeconomic Status
St. John, Craig, and Robert Clymer. Social Science Quarterly 81, 3 (September 2000): 701–715.

WELFARE REFORM

Doing effective evaluations: a case study of family empowerment due to welfare reform
Dunnagan, Tim, Stephen F. Duncan, and Lynn Paul. Evaluation and Program Planning 23 (2000): 125–136.

A COMPLIANCE-ORIENTED APPROACH TO SANCTIONS IN STATE AND COUNTY TANF PROGRAMS
Goldberg, Heidi, and Liz Schott. Washington, DC: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2000.

Did Metropolitan Areas Absorb Welfare Recipients without Displacing Other Workers?
Lerman, Robert I., and Caroline Ratcliffe. Series A, No. A–45. Washington, DC: Urban Institute, 2000.

Rural America in Transition: Poverty and Welfare at the Turn of the 21st Century
Lichter, Daniel T., and Leif Jensen. Chicago, IL: Joint Center for Poverty Research, Northwestern University/University of Chicago, 2000.

The Rise and Fall of California’s Welfare Caseload: Types and Regions, 1980–1999
MaCurdy, Thomas, David Mancuso, and Margaret O’Brien-Strain. San Francisco, CA: Public Policy Institute of California, 2000.

The National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies Evaluation: The Experiences of Welfare Recipients Who Find Jobs
Martinson, Karin. New York, NY: Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, 2000.

Welfare, Children & Families: A THREE CITY STUDY: The Diversity of Welfare Leavers
Moffitt, Robert, and Jennifer Roff. Policy Brief 00–2. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University, 2000.

Current and Former WFNJ Clients: How Are They Faring 30 Months Later?
Rangarajan, Anu, and Robert G. Wood. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2000.


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