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Winter 2004-2005 Bright Ideas brightideascover  

Homeownership Education and Counseling

Plus: My Kind of Town – Akron, Ohio
  The State of the Art in Kansas
  Rhode Island's 'Little Study That Could'
  When Sod Goes High-Tech on the Roof
 
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Bright Ideas Winter 2004-05 [PDF, Entire Issue 5.6 MB]
 
Cover Stories [PDF, 362K]

Moving Homeownership Education and Counseling to the Mainstream; Crafting Research to Strengthen the Case for Homeownership Counseling; Symposium Report: Homeownership Education and Counseling: What We Know, What We Need to Know; Neighborhood Reinvestment Creates New Resource for Homeownership Counseling; Montana Homeownership Counseling; Montana HomeOwnership Network: NHS of Great Falls; Starting the Road Home on a Bus: Columbus Housing Partnership; Promoting Healthy Neighborhoods: Neighborhoods Inc. of Battle Creek; Financial Fitness for Latinos: NCALL's 'Finanzas' Program.

 
Feature Stories  [PDF, 362 KB]

The Little Study That Could:Woonsocket NDC Housing Study Documents Rhode Island Crisis

 

My Kind of Town: Akron, Ohio  [PDF, 677 KB]

Akron, Ohio: All-American City in America's Heartland: Stories by Catherine A. Smith
EANDC: Celebrating a Marketplace's Grand Opening
 
State of the Art: Kansas  [PDF, 1.13 MB]
Kansas: The Sunflower State; CHS of Wichita/Sedgwick County: Stepping Back in Time to Help the Oaklawn Community; El Centro Inc.: Taking a Holistic Approach to Serving Families; CHWC Inc., Kansas City: Redefining Kansas City's Inner Core
 
National Initiatives  [PDF, 522 KB]
Managing Student Loans Can Aid Homeownership; HomeOwnership Centers Repeat Wells Fargo Support; Detroit Agent Janet Moore: An Inspired Corporate Citizen; Reshaping Resident Engagement
 
Issues and Ideas  [PDF, 631 KB]

When Sod Goes High-Tech: Could an Eco-Friendly 'Green' Roof Be in Your Future?

 
Training Opportunities  [PDF, 81 KB]
 
Practitioners' Toolbox [PDF, 213 KB]

On the Level: How to Minimize and Manage the Tensest Moments of a Job; First, Ask a Lawyer. Corporate Governance: Best Practices for Nonprofits; Winning Strategies: Collecting Homebuyer Information with Style; Money Talks: Ohio Affiliate Builds Local Contact into Wal-Mart Foundation Grant; NCHEC, Counseling Wins HUD Funding; Local Affiliates Win CDFI Grants; Fannie Mae Invests Again with CDCLI

 
Fascinating Findings  [PDF, 213 KB]
NeighborWorks Organizations: Rising Trends in Capacity and Stability
Summer Fellows Research Two Views of Multifamily Housing
 
Glancing Back: Creatively Creating Capital   [PDF, 188 KB]
 

NeighborWorks News Room [PDF, 175 KB]

Inside Neighborhood Reinvestment, Calendar [PDF, 511 KB]