[NFEC Update] Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank Community Dividend, Issue 2, 2009

[Patsy]

Issue 2, 2009 

The Community Affairs Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis has released a new issue of Community Dividend. ?Issue 2, 2009, features articles on borrower-lender mediation, homeownership gaps on American Indian reservations, and land banking. To view the table of contents or download a PDF of the issue, click here or visit http://www.minneapolisfed.org/publications_papers/issue.cfm?id=297. For a specific feature, click one of the headlines below.

Lessons learned from 22 years of debt mediation 
The 22-year history of the Minnesota Farmer-Lender Mediation Program offers useful lessons about debt mediation that can be applied to our current foreclosure crisis. 

Homeownership gaps among Indian reservations prove puzzling 
An analysis of some persistent gaps in homeownership rates among American Indian reservations in the Ninth Federal Reserve District. 

Land banks as a neighborhood recovery strategy: A conversation with Dan Kildee of Michigan's Genesee County Land Bank 
Community Dividend speaks with Dan Kildee, Genesee County treasurer and board chair of the Genesee County Land Bank, to learn more about how land banking is contributing to redevelopment in Flint, Mich. 
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