The National Vacant Properties Campaign brings their annual conference to Cleveland this Fall. Join hundreds from across the country to learn about policies, tools, and strategies to catalyze long-term sustainable revitalization. The Cleveland Fed is a co-sponsor and member of the host committee.
Over the past two decades, the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program has addressed the nation's affordable housing needs by financing nearly two million low-income units.
Speakers at each event will vary, but may include an expert on tax credits, bankers, bank examiners,community development financial institutions, developers, other community development funders and practitioners, and representatives of government agencies.
Part of the "Building Our Future Beyond Foreclosure" series held at Cleveland State University's Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. Ruth Clevenger, Vice President & Community Affairs Officer at the Cleveland Fed, will be a member of the panel.
Part of the 2009 Applied Research Seminar series, the event brought academics and on-the-ground practioners together to discuss this pressing topic. Their goal: to find effective ways to reduce poverty and raise the standards of living for millions of Americans.
The 7th annual policy summit sparked lively debates on the topics of homeownership, GSEs, and the Community Reinvestment Act. Check out the video interviews, presentations, and more.
The housing crisis isn't the only issue facing consumers. This interagency forum brought together bankers, policy makers, and non-profits to the Pittsburgh Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
Sponsored in part by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland this workshop prepared CRA officers at small or intermediate banks for the CRA regulation exam and to develop a CRA compliance strategy.
Limited resources and the ongoing foreclosure crisis make strategic planning for recovery crucial. At this stage of the game, data and tools aimed at helping community leaders make informed decisions are enormously valuable. In this seminar, experts in the field presented several composite indicators based on public and private data, and discussed the methodological issues to consider in their application.
Sponsored in part by the Federal Reserve Banks of Cleveland and St. Louis, the training workshop explained to CRA officers at smaller and intermediate banks how to develop their own CRA plan.
This Cleveland State University sponsored event is part of a series that examines new strategies, tactics, and projects that are, creative, environmentally sustainable, and invigorating to the marketplace.
The Federal Reserve System's 6th Biennial Community Affairs Research Conference: To encourage objective research into financial services issues affecting low- and moderate-income individuals, families, and communities.
This conference facilitated an exchange of research-informed perspectives on the role of the Community Reinvestment Act in delivering financial services to individuals in low- and moderate-income communities.
Research in social interactions is shedding light on a growing range of development issues; from the value of mixed-income housing developments to the way individuals decide whether to declare bankruptcy. The social scientists who gathered at the Cleveland Fed represent the cutting edge of social interactions research.
This forum focused on best practices, policy recommendations, and legislative updates. Additional discussion topics included land banking, foreclosure prevention approaches, and addressing vacancy and abandonment.
As part of the Federal Reserve Foreclosure Series: Recovery/Renewal/Rebuilding, this seminar highlighted the contributions of recent research to the policy discussion about the causes and impacts of foreclosure and vacancy, with a particular emphasis on implications and solutions for weak market cities.
The 6th annual Community Development Policy Summit explored a confluence of consumer finance issues, including: subprime borrowing, unfair and deceptive lending practices, financial education, credit scores and their impact on the cost of credit and, reaching the unbanked.
Financial literacy levels are alarmingly low across many segments of the U.S. population, with knowledge deficits evident in groups ranging from individuals with little formal education to high school seniors and teachers. In all, the event provided an eye-opening perspective on American’s financial savvy and on the effectiveness of financial education programs in general.
The 5th annual Community Development Policy Summit gave attendees the opportunity to examine key issues facing communities, among them foreclosures, vacant and abandoned properties, and finding new sources to fund community development.
