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HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

1. Policy and Programs

* KnowledgePlex (Clearinghouse, communities of practice, news) Fannie Mae Foundation). Keywords: affordable housing, homeownership, homelessness, asset building, community development, economic development

* U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (Clearinghouse and programs) Keywords: affordable housing, homeownership, homelessness, asset building, community development, economic development, smart growth, building technology

* National Low-Income Housing Coalition. Keywords: affordable housing, homeownership, poverty, homelessness, community development, housing assistance, state and local advocacy networks, news

* Joint Center for Housing Studies (Harvard University) Keywords: affordable housing, housing finance, demography, State of the Nation's Housing (annual report)

* Technical Assistance Resource Center (Annie E. Casey Foundation). Keywords: children and families, affordable housing, community development, asset building

* National Congress for Community Economic Development. Keywords: affordable housing, homeownership, asset building, community development, economic development, community development corporations (CDCs)

* Community Development Research Center (New School University)Keywords: affordable housing, homeownership, community development, economic development, labor

Housing and Human Settlements (UN Habitat). Keywords: shelter, housing, slums, self-help, homelessness, asset building, community development, developing countries

Shack/Slum Dwellers International. Keywords: shelter, housing, self-help, poverty, slums, homelessness, asset building, community development, developing countries, non-governmental organizations, land rights, tenure

Center on Housing Rights and Evictions. Keywords: shelter, housing, poverty, slums, community development, developing countries, non-governmental organizations, land rights, tenure

Habitat for Humanity International. Keywords: shelter, housing, poverty, slums, homelessness, homeownership, asset building, community development, faith institutions, self-help, non-governmental organizations

2. Design

* Affordable Housing Design Advisor. "A tool, resource, idea bank, and step-by-step guide to design in affordable housing." Keywords: design excellence, architecture, housing affordability, mutli-family and single-family housing

3. Special Needs Housing

Corporation for Supportive Housing www.csh.org

AIDS Housing-dot-org www.aidshousing.org