NCST serves as an advocate for neighborhood stabilization and blight remediation, and as such, we release articles and also share in press stories with our buyers and sellers to help call attention to their efforts, and to bring more understanding to the continued need for revitalizing our nation’s most vulnerable communities.
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Vital National Survey of Community-Based Development Organizations
DEADLINE EXTENDED – Survey Closes Friday, November 4, 2022 Dear NCST Community Partners, NCST is a proud partner in a national study of community-based development organizations – the Grounding Values Study. The study’s current phase is a survey of all nonprofit community developers in the United States….
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The National Community Stabilization Trust Announces New President
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 23rd 2022 The National Community Stabilization Trust Announces New President, Christopher J. Tyson After a six-month, nationwide search, the National Community Stabilization Trust (NCST) has named Christopher J. Tyson as its next President. Tyson will begin at NCST on July 5, 2022….
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Xome® Joins with the National Community Stabilization Trust to Expand Access to Affordable Housing
Mission-driven buyers dedicated to creating more affordable housing will have exclusive first-look access to properties listed on Xome.com DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE) — Xome® today announced it has joined with the National Community Stabilization Trust (NCST) to expand access to affordable housing in the U.S. Through the program,…
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NCST Announces President Departure
Dear NCST Partners: I’m writing with mixed emotions to let you know that Julia Gordon, president of NCST, will depart the organization as of March 31. As many of you know, Julia has been nominated for the FHA Commissioner position at the Department of Housing and Urban…
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CDM Corner: Trumbull County Land Bank
By Chris Garland, Community Development Manager While much of our work at NCST focuses on the approaches that our community partners throughout the county employ to rehabilitate vacant homes, we shouldn’t lose sight of the crucial importance of activating vacant land. With that thought, I’d like to…
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CDM Corner: How Harvey Changed a Neighborhood
By Racquel Reddie, Managing Director of Community Development One house can certainly tell a story but when you look at house after house on the same street in the same community a more complex story begins to unfold. Such was the case with a Houston property on…
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NCST Comments on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Capital Standards
Earlier this month, NCST joined the Center for Responsible Lending and 12 other organizations to comment on the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA’s) re-proposed rule on capital requirements for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. When finalized, FHFA’s capital framework will have significant impact on Fannie and Freddie’s overall role in…
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CDM Corner: The New Normal
By Racquel Reddie, Managing Director for Community Development The reality of COVID-19 has hit us squarely in the gut as individuals, businesses, local/federal governments as well as the real estate industry. It’s a public health crisis that has had an unprecedented and direct impact on the housing…
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Legislative Update
COVID-19 UpdateCongress continues to be at a standoff about how to respond to the ongoing health care and economic needs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The expanded unemployment benefits that were enacted in March to help buffer the economic impacts expired last week. The moratorium on evictions…
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Letter from Julia Gordon, President of NCST
We are all reeling from the recent demonstrations of racial inequality in our nation. We can only hope that the recent horrors of police violence and the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on communities of color has shown light on the fact that these problems are not just…
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