Book Review, Community-Based Development: Current Status and Future Prospects for Community Development Corporations

W Dennis Keating, Norman Krumholz, Philip D. Star

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    Abstract

    This review essay examines community-based development and looks at the status and future prospects of community development corporations (CDCs). The following publications are discussed:

    1. Rachel G. Bratt, Rebuilding a Low-Income Housing Policy (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1989).

    2. Renee Berger, "Against All Odds: The Achievements of Community-Based Development Organizations" (Washington, D.C.: National Congress for Community Economic Development, March 1989).

    3. Neil S. Mayer, The Role of Nonprofits in Renewed Federal Housing Efforts (Cambridge, Ma.: Center for Real Estate Development, MIT, March 1988).

    4. Neal R. Pierce and Carol F. Steinbach, "Corrective Capitalism: The Rise of America's Community Development Corporations" (New York: Ford Foundation, July 1987).

    Original languageAmerican English
    JournalJournal of Planning Literature
    Volume34
    StatePublished - Jan 1 1991

    Keywords

    • community based development
    • community development corporations

    Disciplines

    • Land Use Law
    • Urban Studies

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