Urban-Community Projects
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Urban-Community Project of the Month
Working Toward a Just World: Visions, Experiences and Challenges
Past Urban Community Projects
1965 Moynihan Report: The Negro Family Revisited
2009 Israeli Arab / Palestinian Public Opinion Survey
The 2010 State of Evaluation Report
A Choice With No Options: Atlanta Public Housing Residents' Lived Experiences in the Face of Relocation
A City is not a Toy: How SimCity Plays with Urbanism
Coping with the Great Recession: Disparate Impacts on Economic Well-Being in Poor Neighborhoods
The End of the Segregated Century
A Growing Tradition, Examining the African American Family Foundation
A New Goal for America's High Schools: College Preparation for All
An Introduction to the Cuban Revolution and Its Current Challenges
Anchor Institutions and Urban Economic Development: From Community Benefit to Shared Value
At What Cost?: HIV and Human Rights Consequences of the Global War on Drugs
Community Benefit Agreements: the power, practice and promise of a responsible redevelopment tool (Annie E Casey Foundation)
A Dream Denied: The Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities
Eminent Domain: Implications for Community Redevelopment Efforts (Annie E Casey Foundation)
A Study of Closing Costs for FHA Mortgages
Alcohol Outlets as Attractors of Violence and Disorder: A Closer Look at the Neighborhood Environment
Biggest Bang for the Buck: Researchers Weigh Stimulus Proposals
BMHA Perry Choice Neighborhood
Buffalo Shrinking City Studio
Building a Healthy Community: A Roadmap to Investment in the Central City South Neighborhood
Capital Availability in Inner Cities: What Role for Federal Policy?
Charlotte Housing Authority's Moving Forward Program
Civic Engagement; Public Service, Personal Responsibility (Magazine of the School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University-Newark)
Confronting Concentrated Poverty in Fresno
Cops, Kids and Culture
Do Federally Assisted Households have Access to High Performing Public Schools?
Dr. Kings Dream Denied: Fourty Years of Failed Federal Enforcement (2008 Fair Housing Trends Report)
Empowering Local Communities: Through Leadership Development and Capacity Building
The End of Segregation? Hardly
E Pluribus...Separation: Deepening Double Segregation for More Students
Failed Promises: Assessing Charter Schools in the Twin Cities
Federal Policy Ideas for Community Revitalization
The Foreclosure Generation: The Long-Term Impact of the Housing Crisis on Latino Children and Families
Forging a New Housing Policy: Opportunities in the Wake of Crisis
Getting things done together: A workbook for achieving goals regionally
Healthy Eating and Physical Activity: Addressing Inequalities in Urban Environments
High-Speed Internet Connectivity in North Carolina's Distressed Urban Areas
Hopeworks 'N Camden
Housing in America: The baby boomers turn 65
How Public is Private Philanthropy?
Immigration Policy and Less-Skilled Workers in the United States
In the Face of Gentrification: Case Studies of Local Efforts to Mitigate Displacement
Investing in Community Land Trusts: A Coversation with Funders of CLTs
Is the Grass Always Greener?: Destination Characteristics of Former Public Housing Residents Views Six Months After Relocation
Journal of Community Power Building, Volume IV
The Labor Market Performance of Young Black Men in the Great Recession
Laying the groundwork for change: Demolition, urban strategy, and policy reform
Local Food Systems: Concepts, Impacts, and Issues
Low-Income Families and Communities (Brookings Institution)
Making a Business Case for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: Key Issues and Observations
Managing Neighborhood Change: A Framework for Sustainable and Equitable Revitalization
Maximizing the Neighborhood Stabilization Program Opportunity
Mayors' Resource Guide on Vacant and Abandoned Properties
Move Out to Where: Initial Relocation Destinations of Former Public Housing Residents in Atlanta a Preliminary Brief
National Neighborhood Indicators Project
The Nonprofit Sector in Brief: Public Charities, Giving and Volunteering
Out of Reach 2010
Parent Power and Urban School Reform
Partnerships for Joint Use: Expanding the Use of Public School Infrastructure to Benefit Students and Communities
PFBC Technical Assistance for the Gary, Indiana (APA Planning and the Black Community Division)
Public Administration and the Impact Economy
Public School Choice in the District of Columbia A Descriptive Analysis
Race, Equity and Smart Growth: Why People of Color Must Speak for Themselves
Race Relations 2006: A Research Study
Racial Wealth Divde (RWD) Program
The Reciprocal Relationship Between Housing and School Integration
Restoring the Health of Your Organization: A Practical Guide to Curing and Preventing Curruption in Local Governments and Communities
Shelter Force Fall 2007 Issue on Houing Policy
Special Issue on Active Transportation (SUSTAIN)
Social Capital and Social Geography
State of New York City's Subsidized Housing
Team-Building and Participation: Guide to Tips on Principles and Practices
The Crisis Continues: Black Male Joblessness in Milwaukee 2007
The Dirksen Center Projects
The Economic Costs of Poverty in the United States: Subsequent Effects of Children Growing Up Poor
The Mechanics of City-School Initiatives: Transforming Neighborhoods of Distress & Despair into Neighborhoods of Choice and Promise
The Nonprofit Sector and the Federal Budget: Fiscal Year 2006 and Beyond
The Quest for Inner-City Transformation
The State of Public Schools in Post-Katrina New Orleans
Threat and Humiliation: Racial Profiling, National Security, and Human Rights in the United States
The Uncharted, Uncertian Future of HOPEIV Redevelopments
The Urban Institute's Program on Neighborhoods and Youth Development: Understanding How Place Matters for Kids
Unions, Community-Based Organizations, and Pre-Apprenticeship Programs
Urban Research-Based Action Network Newsletter
Urban Transition Historical GIS Project
US 2010: Discover America In the New Century (Census and other reports on segregation, race, and housing)
Vibrant Communities Canada 2002-2010 Evaluation Report
"We Are Not Just A Band-Aid": How Homeless Service Providers in Chicago Carry Out Policy Advocacy
Weathering the Storm; Have IDAs Helped Low-Income Homebuyers Avoid Foreclosure?
Where Did They Go?: The Decline of Middle-Income Neighborhoods in Metropolitan America
Working Toward a Just World: Visions, Experiences and Challenges
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