Nationwide, place-based initiatives aiming to improve school and community outcomes are in the midst of neighborhood demographic change. We explore this issue through a case study of the Mission Promise Neighborhood (MPN). We discuss how the social and educational context of MPN poses several challenges to implementing Promise Neighborhood…

This article traces federal housing policies related to single family home ownership from their creation in the 1930s to the present. It focuses on policies of the Federal Housing Administration and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board as well as other federal regulators of financial institutions. (Author/RLV)

Helping poor families increase their residential stability can have direct bearing on school stability and student academic achievement. Discusses the role of housing in child and family wellbeing; residential mobility and school performance; residential mobility and housing problems; housing affordability; (federal housing policy); homeownership;…