Economic Research
Economic ResearchTopic - Community Development
Implementing NAHASDA: How the rule was written
Doug Dewalt, a tribal representative serving on NAHASDA's Negotiated Rulemaking Committee, discusses his experience relating to the enactment of the historic Indian housing act.
Thomas Moore
April 1998 - Community Dividend
Roles and responsibilities for processing the HUD 184 Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program
Details about who does what in the HUD 184 loan program.
April 1998 - Community Dividend
The role of banking debt in community development
An excerpt from a speech Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Gary H. Stern delivered at the 1997 Nation Building Conference in Missoula, Mont.
Gary H. Stern
April 1998 - Community Dividend
Assistant Secretary Retsinas' speech highlights housing conference
Community Dividend presents excerpts from a speech that Nicholas Retsinas, HUD Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner, delivered to a South Dakota housing conference.
Nicholas Retsinas
December 1997 - Community Dividend
Bank CDCs: Building partnerships for community development
Bank CDCs are tools for promoting economic and community development that have gained popularity in communities across the country.
December 1997 - Community Dividend
Flood insurance helps manage risk of financial loss
Answers to questions about the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994's technical requirements.
Lisa DeClark
December 1997 - Community Dividend
Small town addresses big housing shortage
A Deadwood, S.D., housing organization works to satisfy the increasing need for affordable housing for local residents and commuting workers.
December 1997 - Community Dividend
Recycling resources
The Community Reinvestment Fund links economic development financing more closely with capital markets and gives community-based lenders a funding option other than uncertain sources of government mon
July 1997 - Community Dividend
Spotlight on success: The Anoka County partnership
The Anoka County Economic Development Partnership has allowed many groups and individuals to join forces and help launch and nurture businesses.
July 1997 - Community Dividend
When neighborhood housing programs succeed, everyone benefits
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Gary H. Stern
June 1997 - The Region
Changes in Indian Country
A summary of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996.
Jacqueline Kruszek
April 1997 - Community Dividend
Credit scoring and small business loans
Credit scoring is the process of assigning a single quantitative measure, or score, to a potential borrower that reflects the borrower's relative chance of going into delinquency or default.
Ron J. Feldman
April 1997 - Community Dividend
Lending to small firms and small farms
A snapshot of data on the distribution of business loans to farms and firms by the size of the loan.
Ron J. Feldman
April 1997 - Community Dividend
Regulators approve CRA strategic plans
The Federal Reserve Board has announced its approval of the first bank strategic plans submitted under the newly revised Community Reinvestment Act regulations.
April 1997 - Community Dividend
Bank Enterprise Awards announced
The Community Development Financial Institutions Found has announced the first-ever recipients of its Bank Enterprise Awards.
December 1996 - Community Dividend
