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Peter Tatian replied to Center for Housing Policy staff's discussion 'Live at the Forum Webinar- Foreclosure and Family Stability' in the group Foreclosure Prevention
I can say a bit about this for the DC mediation program. This was put into place late last year, but has been slow getting off of the ground. To date, only about 10 homeowners have gone through mediation, so there's not enough to judge results…
12 hours ago
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Center for Housing Policy staff replied to Center for Housing Policy staff's discussion 'Live at the Forum Webinar- Foreclosure and Family Stability' in the group Foreclosure Prevention
A question from a webinar attendee: How were student numbers included in data sets, identified or confirmed as those involved in foreclosures (i.e. student mobility was not a result of other circumstances) ?
19 hours ago
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Center for Housing Policy staff replied to Center for Housing Policy staff's discussion 'Live at the Forum Webinar- Foreclosure and Family Stability' in the group Foreclosure Prevention
A comment from a webinar attendee: This may seem like an unlikely linkbased on the nature of this topic, but cities and county have disaster preparedness plans… in the same way, these organizations should have housing market…
19 hours ago
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Center for Housing Policy staff replied to Center for Housing Policy staff's discussion 'Live at the Forum Webinar- Foreclosure and Family Stability' in the group Foreclosure Prevention
A question from a webinar attendee: Have any of the researchers looked into the question of where families move after foreclosure in terms of rental, homeless shelter, or living with family/friends?
19 hours ago
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Center for Housing Policy staff replied to Center for Housing Policy staff's discussion 'Live at the Forum Webinar- Foreclosure and Family Stability' in the group Foreclosure Prevention
A question from a webinar attendee: In a non-judicial state like DC, what's the best way/public data source to find out when a building or home is at risk of being foreclosured?
19 hours ago
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Center for Housing Policy staff replied to Center for Housing Policy staff's discussion 'Live at the Forum Webinar- Foreclosure and Family Stability' in the group Foreclosure Prevention
A question from a webinar attendee:  I believe there are foreclosure mediation programs in DC, Maryland and NY.  What is and is not working about these programs? Have you made information on changing schools available to families…
19 hours ago
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Center for Housing Policy staff replied to Center for Housing Policy staff's discussion 'Live at the Forum Webinar- Foreclosure and Family Stability' in the group Foreclosure Prevention
An question from a webinar attendee:  Could you point to  studies that specifically address performance tied to frequent school moves?
19 hours ago
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NYC data on foreclosures and homelessness?

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During today's webinar (titled "Where do families go after foreclosure?"), Ingrid Gould Ellen from NYU mentioned that she/her team have had conversations with NYC's Dept. of Homeless Services regarding gaining access to DHS's shelter-entry data for the purposes of linking it with student-level administrative data (to explore the link between foreclosures and homelessness I presume).Is this likely to happen, and when if so could a report or some preliminary analysis be available to the…See More
Anna Simonsen-Meehan added a discussion to the group Foreclosure Prevention yesterday
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