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Since the late 1960s, community-based organizations (CBOs) have become increasingly responsible for implementing affordable housing policy. Scholars have referred to this process as the nonprofitization and devolution of affordable housing [...]

This article examines public administrators' perceptions of the effects of nonprofit networks on local affordable housing decisions. It builds on a larger body of research concerning the affordable housing activities of community-based organizations (CBOs). This analysis is based on a national survey of public administrators responsible for affordable housing programs in U.S. cities with populations over 100,000. The survey included questions about: CBO performance, factors influencing CBO funding decisions, and local government structure. This article provides insights into decision-making surrounding CBO funding at the local level. These insights improve our understanding of the connection between public administrators' perceptions, funding patterns, and interorganizational relations. Keywords: nonprofit networks; community-based organizations; affordable housing funding; public administrators

This article examines the role of citizen participation in community development corporations (CDCs). It is argued that CDCs are caught between two distinct forms of participation: instrumental participation that focuses [...]

The effects of community socioeconomic status on mortgage lending patterns in Metropolitan Detroit are examined. The results indicate that a decrease in a community's socioeconomic status would be correlated with poor mortgage lending outcomes.

This article examines the effects of population and housing characteristics on mortgage lending patterns in the City of Detroit, ML Data from 2000 HMDA aggregate reports and the 2000 U.S. Census are analyzed using multiple regression and stepwise regression. The results from this analysis indicate that after controlling for other population and housing characteristics, the proportion of African American residents in a neighborhood is significantly correlated with a drop-off in mortgage lending activity. In light of these findings, recommendations are made to expand community reinvestment legislation, and assist community development professionals and grassroots activists in addressing lending disparities based on race., Race and the Lending Gap Redlining, which entails the denial of credit to low-income and minority communities, has been a concern in the United States for decades. The practice took [...]

This research was partially supported by a resident scholarship from the Humanities Center at Wayne State University and by a College of Liberal Arts Research and Inquiry Grant from Wayne State University., This article examines the promise and limits of using planning advisory boards to augment citizen participation. Specifically, a case study of citizens' district councils in Detroit, Michigan, is examined. Citizens' [...]

This article examines the geographic and socio-economic distribution of housing choice vouchers (HCVs) in the city of San Diego, California. It focuses on how the concentration of HCVs on geographic, socio-economic, and public policy peripheries forms a nexus that limits housing options for low-income residents. The analysis is based on a unique database that combines three datasets. One includes data for 13,973 individual HCV recipients measuring head of household characteristics (race, Hispanic ethnicity, gender, and age) and housing unit characteristics (unit size, rents, public subsidy levels). Another data set includes population and housing characteristics at the ZIP code level from the American Community Survey (ACS). The third data set includes small area fair market rents (SAFMRs) for ZIP codes and fair market rents (FMRs) for metropolitan San Diego. Data are displayed using GIS and analyzed using logistic hierarchical regression models. The results indicated that the public housing authority (PHA) that administers HCVs in the city of San Diego implemented the HCV program in a manner that reinforced the concentration of program participants in low-income areas and impeded moves to higher opportunity areas. The results expand our understanding of how geography, socio-economics, and public policy shape the production and reproduction of the periphery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article the mobilization of social capital is examined as it relates to the formation of collaborative partnerships among charitable organizations. It is argued that social capital, expressed through social ties and mutual trust, forms the foundation for such partnerships. Specifically, collaborative activities built upon religiously based social capital mobilized among charitable organizations are focused upon in this study. The extensive role of such social capital, combined with the historical context of the research setting, overshadows alternative forms of social capital that might be accessed for neighborhood revitalization, particularly social capital based on race. Consequently, this article's findings suggest that a color-blind approach to racial reconciliation has emerged among charitable organizations in conjunction with the hegemonic role of religiously based social capital in this local context. The unique nature of this outcome is significant because it emphasizes the impact of local context on the manner in which social capital is mobilized within localized networks.

This article revisits Arnstein's "ladder of citizen participation" focusing on inner-city residents' perceptions of public input in neighborhood revitalization projects. It draws from data collected in Buffalo, New York for a larger project that aimed to address negative externalities caused by neighborhood change. Data were collected using focus groups in neighborhoods in the early stages of revitalization. Nine focus groups took place across three neighborhoods experiencing encroachment from hospitals and universities. Data analysis was guided by standpoint theory, which focuses on amplifying the voices of groups traditionally disenfranchised from planning processes. The findings suggest that the shortcomings of public input identified by Arnstein a half century ago remain problematic. Residents continue to perceive limited access to urban planning processes and believe outcomes do not prioritize their interests. This is particularly problematic in minority, working-class neighborhoods when institutionally driven development occurs. Recommendations emphasize enhancing planners' fidelity to strategies that expand citizen control. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This review essay contextualizes the articles included in the Journal of Urban Affairs' special issue on promoting social justice and equity in shrinking cities. It introduces a framework to guide the analysis of shrinking cities and the formulation of urban revitalization policies. The essay begins by anchoring the literature on shrinking cities to a broader critique on globalization. Following this discussion, the emergence of a new urban form, called the peripheral dual city, is described. The article concludes with an outline for radically rethinking revitalization policy in shrinking cities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines how community development corporations (CDCs) and other nonprofits access social capital when constructing collaborative partnerships for urban revitalization projects. Data from interviews with the directors of CDCs and charitable organizations in Jackson, Mississippi, are used for the analysis in this research. The findings indicate that the organizations studied mobilize two mutually exclusive forms of social capital when pursuing partnerships. In some instances, social capital based on religion is mobilized. In other cases, social capital based on race is mobilized. The conclusions of the article highlight the relationship between the embeddedness of social capital in local context and the degree to which it can be mobilized to stimulate neighborhood development. Moreover, the extent to which social capital is overemphasized in current social science discourse is explored.

SUE, VALERIE M. and RITTER, LOIS A. Conducting Online Surveys. (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2007, 194 pp.). Valerie M. Sue and Lois A. Ritter's Conducting Online Surveys is a [...]

KOTLER, MILTON. Neighborhood Government: The Local Foundations of Political Life. (New York, NY: Lexington Books, 2005, 123 pp) Milton Kotler's Neighborhood Government was originally published in 1969, a period characterized [...]

BONDS, MICHAEL. Race, Politics, and Community Development Funding: The Discolor of Money. (Binghamton, New York: The Haworth Social Work Practice Press, 2004, 130 pp.). Race, Politics, and Community Development Funding [...]