The Creation of a Federal Partnership: The Role of the States in Affordable Housing

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Aaker, Monte, 104 affordable housing as state investment, 87 community and economic development and, 76, 99, 106, 113, 122–23, 159–62 criteria for, 12 defined, 1, 12–16 devolution of, 2–4, 11–33 economic benefits of, 87 equity and, 19 federal budget authority and, 26 federal budget outlays for, 26 federal era of, 2–3, 11 income categories, 13–15 issues related to, 1 middle-income households and, 166 positive outcomes of, 178–79 private-sector solutions for, 17 problems in the 1980s, 32 problems in the 1990s, 75 suburban need for, 13 Affordable Housing Commission (Minnesota), 100 Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, 42 American Community Survey, 167 American Dream Down Payment Initiative , 168 area median family income (AMFI), 12–13, 185 Bendick, Marc, Jr., 21 block busting, 18, 186n19 block grants, 3, 6, 22, 34, 67, 134, 140, 162, 163, 176–77, 181 bureaucracy, federal, 50, 74, 134, 179 bureaucracy, state, 4 creation of, 50–52 policymaking influence, 173–74 Carlson, Arne, 96, 97, 99 categorical grants, 3, 22, 67, 175 Center for Budget and Policy Priorities , 165 Center for Housing Policy (CHP), 13 Cisneros, Henry, 34 Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association , 208n23 Clark, Jane Perry, 4 Clean Water Act, 7 Clean Water State Revolving Fund, 7 colonias, 60, 90–93, 130, 137–38 Community Development Administration (Maryland), 81–82, 86, 88 community development agencies (CDAs), 54, 62, 68, 192n7 Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), 7, 22–23, 31, 61, 145, 155, 165, 168, 170, 177 community development corporations (CDC), 55, 56, 122–23, 154, 192n10 INDEX 233 community housing development organizations (CHDO), 55, 68, 127, 192n10 Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS), 70, 145, 197n53 Conlan, Timothy, 22 Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER), 145 Consolidated Plan (ConPlan), 64, 70–71, 77, 90, 102, 107, 133, 145 cooperative federalism, 3–7, 69 Cranston, Alan, 35, 66, 67 creative financing, 152, 157–58 Crenson, Matthew, ix, 50 critical housing need, 13 de facto devolution, 25–26, 48, 54, 72 devolution, 75, 99, 181 affordable housing and, 2–4, 11–35 arguments for, 134 defined, 25, 61 fears regarding, 162 subsidiarity and, 6 Downs, Anthony, 17 Elazar, Daniel, 3, 5 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), 7 Elling, Richard, 173, 194n41 Emergency Shelter Grant, 71 Empowerment Zones, 34 encyclical, 176, 209n33 Engel, Peter, 122 Experimental Housing Allowance Program (EHAP), 19–21, 24, 32, 85, 163 Fair Market Rent (FMR), 23, 24, 31, 166, 188n42 Family Housing Fund, 96, 102, 103, 199n74 “Working Doesn’t Always Pay for a Home” pamphlet, 103 Twentieth Anniversary Report (2000), 103 federalism, 3–6 subsidiarity and, 175–80 federal housing partnership, 2,72,74, 99, 116, 130, 162, 165, 173–75, 177, 179, 182, 192n7 federal partnership (also cooperative partnership), 1, 3, 6, 9, 34, 66, 68, 101, 130–31, 133, 170 filtration, 17 flipping, 18, 186–87n19 foreclosures numbers of, 167 state prevention programs, 171–73 Frieden, Bernard J., 21 Fulton, Tom, 96 gap funding/financing, 104, 110, 112, 113, 128, 154–55, 158, 162 General Accounting Office, 34, 175 General Revenue Sharing, 176 Glendening, Parris, 105, 108, 136 Goetz, Edward, 16 Governor’s Commission on Affordable Housing for the 1990s (Minnesota), 95, 101 Governor’s Economic Vitality and Housing Initiative (Minnesota), 96, 97, 102 Governor’s Task Force on SPECTRUM -Housing for Economic Growth (Maryland), 107 Greater Minnesota Housing Fund, 103, 116, 199n74 Greiner, John, 108 Grodzins, Morton, 4 Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, 165–66, 167 Hays, R. Allen, 17, 18, 21, 31 Hill, Fred, 93 Hill, Kim Quaile, x HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), 35, 48, 49, 234 INDEX 66–69, 70, 72, 89, 94, 100, 145, 152, 168, 177 homelessness, 32–33, 57, 80, 85, 102, 117, 179 Homeowner Assistance Pool (Illinois), 171 Homeownership Preservation Foundation , 172, 173 Housing Act of 1949, 16 Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 22 Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, 69 Housing and Community Development Division (Maryland), 81, 82 Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, 63, 168 Housing and Urban Development Act (1968), 18–19, 51 Housing Assistance Plans, 23, 70, 145 housing commitments (federal), 31, 26, 48 housing interest groups, 4, 55–57, 61, 67, 68, 145 “Housing in the Seventies” (presidential report), 22 HousingMinnesota Campaign, 56 Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere (HOPE), 33, 67 HOPE II, 34 HOPE III, 34 HOPE VI, 34, 121, 136 Housing Policy Commission (Maryland ), 86–88, 100, 105–106...