The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
Search results for "House and Urban Development Department HUD Low-Income Housing" ...
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Predatory Lending
Predatory lending is "not just abusive lending; it's abusive mortgage lending. And it's been happening for decades but grown in recent years as investors' tastes for high-risk mortgages have grown." Includes tips on how to figure out if predatory lending is happening in your community and what is being done about the problem.
Tags: housing; Department of Housing and Urban Development; HUD; neighborhoods; banks; state regulators; foreclosure data; poor credit histories; lending reputation; ACORN
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Tipsheet No: 355
This packet includes a list of phone numbers and names of Deputy Inspectors General and Special Agents in Charge, the key to CDBG and Home Reports, a comprehensive chart listing the kinds of grants available under CPD, FHA and PIH funding, as well as a sample audit report from the office of the inspector general.
Tags: House and Urban Development Department HUD Low-Income Housing
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Targetting Times
Targeting Times, a publication of the Coalition for Low-Income Community Development, presents a special issue on CDBGs. Find out who the experts are and what they have to say about CDBGs.
Tags: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD Fair Housing 34 pages