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Lisa Nelson |

Senior Policy Analyst

Lisa Nelson, Senior Policy Analyst

Lisa Nelson is senior policy analyst for the Community Development team at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. In this role, she performs data analysis, conducts applied research, and authors reports on her findings, with a particular emphasis on policy implications. The focus of Ms. Nelson’s work is a broad range of community development issues affecting low- and moderate-income communities. Her applied research is conducted in conjunction with Community Development colleagues and Cleveland Fed economists.

Before joining the bank, Ms. Nelson served as associate director for community information at the Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change at Case Western Reserve University.

Ms. Nelson holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Tennessee and a master’s degree in public administration from the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University.

  • Fed Publications
  • Work in Progress
Title Date Publication Author(s) Type
CRA Lending in the 4th District

 

 March, 2009 A Look Behind the Numbers Lisa A Nelson; A Look Behind the Numbers
Abstract: Our examination of CRA lending in the Fourth District found that, similar to findings at the national level, CRA-regulated institutions provided a relatively small share of all loans within the district and an even smaller percentage of the riskier high-cost loans. But we also found some intriguing differences. When we narrowed our focus to particular counties in our district, we saw that the extent of high-cost lending by independent mortgage companies was much greater in the two Ohio counties we examined than in Pennsylvania's Allegheny County.
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Foreclosure Patterns in Allegheny County, PA

 

 November, 2008 A Look Behind the Numbers Lisa A Nelson; A Look Behind the Numbers
Abstract: This is the second report in a series that looks at the geographic distribution of foreclosures in counties located within the Federal Reserve's Fourth District. In this report we focus on Allegheny County, home to the city of Pittsburgh. While it appears that foreclosures have not cut as devastating a path through this county as through some others in the District, such as Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the subject of our initial report, they are nevertheless a problem.
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A Look at Foreclosure Filings in Cuyahoga County

 

 August, 2008 A Look Behind the Numbers Lisa A Nelson; A Look Behind the Numbers
Abstract: Northeast Ohio’s Cuyahoga County, home to the city of Cleveland, has been called the epicenter of the nation’s foreclosure crisis. While effects of the crisis are being felt in regions across the country, Cuyahoga County has consistently been listed at or near the top of areas hit hardest by foreclosure. Why?
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Preventative Medicine: The Impact of Consumer Protection Laws on Foreclosures

 

 January, 2009 Lisa A Nelson; Thomas J Fitzpatrick IV; Francisca G-C Richter; Unpublished manuscript
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