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The Challenge of Foreclosed Properties: An Analysis of State and Local Plans to Use the Neighborhood Stabilization Program The Challenge of Foreclosed Properties: An Analysis of State and Local Plans to Use the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (2009) 
Amanda Sheldon, Phillip Bush, Aaron Kearsley and Anne Gass

Under the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, 306 state and local governments provided action plans detailing how they would use their funds to confront the foreclosure crisis and stabilize communities. This report summarizes those plans and highlights promising approaches. It is based on a review and analysis of 87 of the NSP action plans, including 22 states, 24 counties and 41 cities, which together comprise 58 percent of the total NSP national allocation.
Clear Objectives, Real Incentives Cover Clear Objectives, Real Incentives: A Guide for Using NSP for Supportive Housing (2012)
Enterprise Community Partners

Enterprise's Community Revitalization team has published a new technical assistance report to help practitioners use Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds to provide affordable housing and services for formerly homeless and other vulnerable residents. 
Green Development Strategies and the Neighborhood Stabilization Program: A View from Columbus, Ohio Green Development Strategies and the Neighborhood Stabilization Program: A View from Columbus, Ohio (2010)
Enterprise Community Partners

Based on the Enterprise Green Communities Criteria, the City of Columbus and Franklin County were able to create the AWARE Manual, which describes specific green rehabilitation standards and sample specifications.
Market Data-Driven Stabilization: A Case Study of Cleveland's NEO CANDO System Market Data-Driven Stabilization: A Case Study of Cleveland's NEO CANDO System (2011)
Peggy Sand and Phillip Bush

This case study examines the value of parcel-level real estate data for neighborhood stabilization programs in general, and looks specifically at how the Northeast Ohio Community and Neighborhood Data for Organizing system (NEO CANDO) is used in Cleveland.
OME Rochester's Green Acquisition-Rehabilitation Program: Lessons for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program HOME Rochester's Green Acquisition-Rehabilitation Program: Lessons for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (2011)
Enterprise Community Partners

In Rochester, NY, community leaders provide powerful lessons for greening Neighborhood Stabilization Program efforts in similar markets around the country.