Graduation Year

2012

Document Type

Thesis

Degree

M.U.R.P.

Degree Granting Department

Geography, Environment and Planning

Major Professor

Elizabeth Strom, Ph.D.

Committee Member

Ambe Njoh, Ph.D.

Committee Member

Robin Jones, M.P.S and M.B.A.

Keywords

housing, neighborhoods, public policy, neighborhood stabilization, real estate, Florida

Abstract

In 2008 the Federal government enacted a Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) to address the neighborhood effects of the late-2000s foreclosure crisis. Congress subsequently funded a second and third NSP. This research employs mixed methods to examine the effectiveness of the first round of the NSP in three Florida jurisdictions. The results are analyzed within the larger context of substantive housing theory and federal housing policy. The success of the program is evaluated using a mixed-scanning procedural planning theoretical framework.

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