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Piece by Piece Partners
Partner Commitment Form
SinceitslaunchonNovember30,thePiecebyPieceinitiativehasincreaseditsPartnertotalto135
organizationsstandingtogethertoaddressacrisisofunprecedentedproportions.EachPiecebyPiece
Partnerorganizationisnowpreparingitspubliccommitment asoontobepublishedstatementofthe
organization'scontinuedcommitmenttoaddressingtheforeclosurecrisisinthemetroAtlantaregion.
Fornewsandinitiativeupdates,pleaseseethelinktotheleft.
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Now is the time to gather ou r collective expertise, strength, resources andspirit in a united response to curb the crisis and reclaim our
neighborhoods.
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PiecebyPieceARegionalForeclosureInitiative isabold,coordinatedeffortdesignedtospurstrategicactionfromthemanyregionalstakeholderswhocarepassionatelyaboutprotectingthelongtermfutureofour
neighborhoodsandcommunities. OnNovember30,formerHUDSecretaryHenryCisnerosdeliveredakeynoteaddresstohelplaunchtheinitiative. KICKOFFEVENTPiecebyPieceisbeingplannedbyaleadershipteamthatincludes:AtlantaNeighborhoodDevelopment
Partnership,
the
Atlanta
Regional
Commission,
CredAbility,
Enterprise
Community
Partners,
Federal
Reserve
Bank
ofAtlanta,theGreaterAtlantaHomeBuildersAssociation,TheHomeDepotFoundation,andtheNationalHousing
ConferenceandNeighborWorksAmerica.
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TheInitiativeincludesthefollowingkeyobjectives:
(1)provideuptodatestatusofMetroAtlantasforeclosurecrisisandwaystotakeactiontohelpaddressit;
(2)offeropportunitiesforcoordinationandbestpracticesharing;and
(3)encouragepubliccommitmentsongoalsandactionsthatwillbetakenoverthenextthreetofiveyearsto
addressthecrisis.Thisisnotmerelyaconveningtodiscusstheforeclosurecrisis.Thisisacoordinatedinitiativeto
takedirectaction.
ReviewourPartnerspageandconsiderjoiningus!
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ThePiecebyPieceinitiativeincludesthefollowingkeyobjectives:(1)provideuptodatestatusofMetroAtlantas
foreclosurecrisisandwaystotakeactiontohelpaddressit;(2)offeropportunitiesforcoordinationandbest
practicesharing;and(3)encouragepubliccommitments ongoalsandactionsthatwillbetakenoverthenext
threetofiveyearstoaddressthecrisis.Weneedyourhelp!
Wanttohelp?Becomeapartner!Morethan120organizationshaveagreedtostandtogetherinaddressingtheforeclosurecrisis! Seethelist
Whatdoesitrequiretobeapartner?Thereisnocosttobecomeapartner.Itisasimpletwopartcommitment:
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(1)taketheissueofforeclosureseriouslyandparticipateinthoughtfuldiscussionaroundsolutions;and
(2)givecarefulconsiderationtomakingapubliccommitment asanindependentorganizationoraspartofalarger
collaborativeefforttostemthetideofforeclosure.Publiccommitmentswillbepublishedinaregionwidereport
thatwillbeassembledbyApril2011.
Whatisapubliccommitmenttofightforeclosure?Publiccommitments cantakemanyshapesandforms.TheNovember30eventisdesignedtosharebestpractices
fromacrossthecountryandstimulatethinkingaboutthebestsolutionsthatwillworkforourregion.Organizing
Partnerswillhelpconvenesessionsfororganizationswithsimilarbusinessfocusand/ormissiontogatherasa
sectorbeforeandaftertheeventtostrategizefurtherandshareplansforaction.
Whataresomeexamplesofpubliccommitments?Weenvisionawiderangeofcommitments comingoutoftheinitiative.Developersmaycommittorehaband
reoccupyasetnumberofunitsoveramultiyearperiod.Aneighborhoodassociationmayplantoorganize
monthlycleanupweekendswhereneighborsvolunteertomowlawns,trimhedgesandtidyupvacantproperties.
ArealestategroupmaycommittoofferingclassesinthemarketingofREOpropertiestoattractresponsible
owneroccupantsand/ortenants.Alocalgovernmentmayseektoestablishamunicipalhousingcourttoaddress
codeenforcement issues.Achurchmaycommittoopeningitsdoorsfortargetedforeclosureprevention
workshops.Theoptionsareasuniqueandvariedasthepartners.
HowdoIregistermyorganizationasapartner?Itsasimpleandquickprocess.ContactSusanAdamsat4044201595orsadams@andpi.org
OrganizationalPartners(asofFebruary7,2011)AmericanRealEstateUniversity
AntiochBaptistChurch
AntwineVisionFoundation
APD
Solutions
AssociationofCountyCommissionersofGeorgia
AtlantaBeltline,Inc.
AtlantaBeltLinePartnership
AtlantaBoardofREALTORS
AtlantaDevelopmentAuthority
AtlantaHabitatforHumanity
AtlantaHousingAssociationofNeighborhood basedDevelopers
AtlantaLandTrustCollaborative
AtlantaNeighborhood DevelopmentPartnership,Inc.
AtlantaPoliceFoundation
AtlantaRegionalCommission
AtlantaREOBrokers,Inc.
AtlantaUrbanLeague
AtlantaVolunteerLawyersFoundation,Inc.
BestBank
BuckheadCommunityImprovementDistrict
Carter
CCR,Inc.
CenterforCommunity Progress
HousingPartnershipNetwork
InitiativeforAffordableHousing
JohnWielandHomes&Neighborhoods
JP
Morgan
Chase
LatimerConsulting
LensOnAtlanta PBA
LivableCommunitiesCoalition
MarableHomeRetentionFoundation, Inc.
MelanieManor PierceRoadHomeownersAssociation
MercyHousing
MercyPortfolioServices
MetroFairHousingServices,Inc.
MorrisJ.KaplanCommunities
National AssociationofHispanicRealEstate
Professionals Atlanta
National CenterforPreventionofHome
ImprovementFraud
National CommunityStabilizationTrust
National HousingConference
National HousingCounselingAgency
NeighborWorks America
Norsouth
Noval&Associates
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CentralAtlantaProgress
CharisCommunityHousing,Inc.
Charitable Connections, Inc.
CityofAtlanta, DPCDOfficeofHousing
CityofFairburn
CityofMcDonough
ClaytonCountyNeighborhoodStabilizationProgram
CommunityHousingInitiatives
CommunityRevitalizationEnterprises
CredAbility
DisciplesOnTheWalk,Inc.
DeKalbAssociationofREALTORS
DeKalbCountyCommunityDevelopmentDepartment
DeKalbHabitatforHumanity
DeKalbMetroHousingCounseling Center
DeKalbWorkforceHousingInitiativeProgram
DelmarCustomHomes
EmoryUniversityOfficeofUniversityand
CommunityPartnerships
EmpireBoardofRealtists,Inc.
EnterpriseCommunityPartners
EpiCityRealEstateServices
EpsteinBeckerGreen,PC
ExecutiveRealty&DevelopmentCo.,Inc.
FaithAndTheCity
FamiliesFirst,Inc.
FamilyCommunityHousingAssociation,Inc.
FannieMae
FederalHomeLoanBankofAtlanta
FederalReserveBankofAtlanta
FifthThirdBank
FirstAmericanFinancial Mortgage
FultonCounty/Atlanta LandBankAuthority
GeorgiaStateTradeAssociationof
Nonprofit Developers
GeorgiaAffordableHousingCoalition
GeorgiaBankersAssociation
GeorgiaConservancy
GeorgiaDepartmentofCommunityAffairs
GeorgiaRealEstateFraudPrevention&AwarenessCoalition
GeorgiaSTANDUP
GeorgiaWatch
GreaterAtlantaHomeBuildersAssociation
GwinnettCountyCommunity Development
HabitatforHumanityInternational
HappyHomeCommunities
HedgewoodProperties,Inc.
Novare
OneDeKalb
PittsburghCommunityImprovementAssociation
ProBonoPartnershipofAtlanta
ProgressiveRedevelopment,Inc.
RobertCharlesLesser&Company
Rebuilding TogetherAtlanta
RedBrickHomes&Development,Inc.
RegionalCouncilofChurches ofAtlanta, Inc.
RockdaleCountyNSP
RoundHereHoldings,LLC
Regions
ResourcesforResidents&Communities
SeniorConnections
SouthernCrescentHabitatforHumanity
Southface
SouthpointFinancial Services
SummechCommunity DevelopmentCorporation
SunriseADAFoundation
SustainableAtlanta
SustainableNeighborhoodDevelopment
Strategies,Inc.
TapestryDevelopmentGroup
TheArthurM.BlankFamilyFoundation
TheBeltlineTeam,Inc.
TheCenterforCommunitySelfHelp
TheCenterforFamilyResources
TheCenterforWorkingFamilies,Inc.
TheCivicLeagueforRegionalAtlanta
TheCommunityFoundationforGreaterAtlanta
TheD&EGroup
TheFullerCenterforHousing
TheHomeDepotFoundation
TheIMPACTGroup
TheMacallanGroup,LLC
TheNeighborhood Fund
TreesAtlanta
UnitedWayofMetropolitanAtlanta
UniversityCommunityDevelopment
Corporation
UrbanLandInstituteAtlanta
WellsFargo
WestGeorgiaBoardofREALTORS
WestsideHomeBuildersAssociation
WindomConstruction Company,Inc.
WorkforceResource,LLC
www.KidsOfForclosure.com
ZipCode30310MortgageFraudTaskForce
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Please email this completed form to Susan Adams at [email protected]
Piece by Piece is a regional foreclosure response initiative coordinated by several metro Atlanta organizations with
more than 125 partner organizations. For additional information about the initiative, please visit
www.AtlantaRegionalHousing.org/pbp or contact Susan Adams at 404-420-1595.
PBP Partner Commitment
Organizations that have indicated their willingness to be a
Partner in the Piece by Piece Initiative are asked to make a
public commitment of action that addresses the foreclosure
crisis in the metropolitan Atlanta region. Please note that your
organizations commitment will be published in a compendium
of activities of all PBP Partners.
Organizational DescriptionIn 200 words or less, please describe your organization (Content will be published).
General Contact InformationContact information for your organizational designee for the Piece by Piece initiative.
Contact Name
Title
Company
Address
Address Line 2
City, St, Zip
Work Phone
Work Email
Cell Phone (If Preferred)
Company Web Site
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Please email this completed form to Susan Adams at [email protected]
Piece by Piece is a regional foreclosure response initiative coordinated by several metro Atlanta organizations with
more than 125 partner organizations. For additional information about the initiative, please visit
www.AtlantaRegionalHousing.org/pbp or contact Susan Adams at 404-420-1595.
Organization Type (Place an X in front of all that apply)
Academic
For Profit
Government
Grassroots
Membership
Neighborhood
NonprofitOther
If Other, please explain:
Sector Identification (Place an X in front of all that apply)
Academicians/Researchers
Family Foundations
Home Builders, Rehab Contractors
Housing Counselors
Legal
Lenders (Including Servicers)
Local Government
Multi Family Housing PreservationNeighborhood Groups/Organizations
Nonprofit/For Profit Rehab/NSP
Private Property Investors
Public Policy/Advocacy
Real Estate Professionals
Religious Congregations
Sustainability
Workforce Readiness
Other:
Public Commitment
In the space provided below (approx 750 words max), please explain what programs or
activity your organization is currently engaged in and/or planning to do in the next five years
to address any phase of the foreclosure crisis. This document includes examples of public
commitments from other Piece by Piece Partners that you may find useful.
(Field will expand as needed)
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Quick Links>ABOUT PBP>LAUNCH RECAP>PBP ONLINE>PARTNER LIST>SPONSORS>COMMITMENT FORM
Previous UpdatesFebruary 25, 2011February 18, 2011February 8, 2011January 18, 2011
Featured Articles>Construction job loss tops57,000 since '07 - AJC
>House approves fore-closure fraud measure-AJC
>Risk of foreclosure dips, butremains elevated - AJC
>Georgia financial distressworse than nation - AJC
>Can lease purchase saveus? - Shelterforce
>Metro Atlanta Foreclosuresup in February - AJC
>Over 1 million homes lost toforeclosure in 2010 - AP
>Piece by Piece attacklaunched on housing crisis -AJC
Greetings!
We hope this Piece by Piece update finds you well. We have a numberof items to share today. A reminder to PBP Partners, send in yourPublic Commitment form soon. You will find a link to the form on theleft. Also on the left you will notice that we have archived all previousupdates on the initiative.
Mixed Income Communities Initiative (MICI)to Convene Piece by Piece Policy Sector:
On Wednesday, March 23 at2:00 p.m., the MICI meeting willbe dedicated to a policy sectordiscussion for Piece by Piece.Agenda items include anoverview of specific county-based strategies to combatforeclosure and review offoreclosure and other housing-related legislation pending orplanned at the Georgia GeneralAssembly. The meeting will take place at the offices of the AtlantaRegional Commission (ARC) at 40 Courtland Street in the Harry WestConference Room. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP toDorothea Reed at [email protected] as space is limited in the room.
Federal Foreclosure Funds at Risk:
On March 9, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee voted toend the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) byrescinding funds allocated for NSP Round 3. Georgia's NSP3allocation is $50.4 million. The House Financial Services Committeealso approved legislation to terminate the US Treasury's authority toprovide new assistance under the Home Affordable ModificationProgram (HAMP). The bills will now move to the House floor and theSenate Banking Committee for further consideration and action. For
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full text of the legislation, please see links below. For more informationabout these bills and/or to find out what you can do to take action,please contact Clare Duncan, policy director for the National HousingConference (NHC), a Piece by Piece partner organization, [email protected].
HR 861 NSP Termination BillHR 839 HAMP Bill
Leveraging HUD 203K: Restoring Homes, Families andCommunities - An Educational Event on May 25
On May 25, lenders, real estate professionals, builders, remodelers,housing counselors and other housing professionals are invited toattend a training event to highlight the HUD 203K lending product as atool to help provide homeownership opportunities in the region andhelp spur investment in vacant properties. The event is scheduledfrom 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on May 25 at the Atlanta Board of
Realtors located at 5784 Lake Forrest Drive, NE, Atlanta, GA 30328.The event planning committee currently includes the Atlanta Board ofRealtors, ANDP, Bank of America, Greater Atlanta Home BuildersAssociation, NeighborWorks America, Wells Fargo, Westside HomeBuilders Association, and the U.S. Department of Housing and UrbanDevelopment (HUD). Registration is not yet open. We will alert you assoon as the registration link is live.
New Resource Guide Available to Help At Risk Homeowners:
HUD's Atlanta Office Region IV has released a newly updated brochure(February 2011) to help consumers at risk for foreclosure. Thebrochure provides advice, direction and useful resources to familiesstruggling to make mortgage payments. The brochure - "Are You AtRisk of Foreclosure?" -- is available on HUD's website.
Clayton County Housing Summit Dates Confirmed:
The Clayton County Housing Summit has been confirmed for May 12 -13 at the Morrow Center in Jonesboro, GA. HUD Assistant SecretaryRon Sims has been invited to participate. Please note the datechange.
Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have questions regarding thePiece by Piece public commitment forms due on April 8. We look
forward to receiving your submissions.
SincerelySusan AdamsPiece by Piece Coordinator
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Previous UpdatesFebruary 18, 2011February 8, 2011January 18, 2011
Calendar ItemsAtlanta Regional HousingForum, 3/2
GREFPAC AnnualConference, 3/9
Greenprints Conference &Trade Show, 3/14-15
Featured Articles>Risk of foreclosure dips, butremains elevated - AJC
>Georgia financial distressworse than nation - AJC
>Can lease purchase saveus? - Shelterforce
>Metro Atlanta Foreclosuresup in February - AJC
>Over 1 million homes lost to
Greetings!
Thank you for your ongoing engagement in the Piece by Pieceinitiative. We look forward to receiving your public commitment forms(deadline Friday, April 8), and we are ready to be of assistance if youhave questions or comments along the way. We hope you find ourweeklyregular emails informative and helpful. Please alert us to any importantactivities or events that could be included in future communications.
Spotlight on Clayton County:
Clayton County continues to be innovative in its effort to combat theforeclosure crisis. Clayton has been hit particularly hard --- ranking 5thin the 20-County MSA for the number of foreclosure filings in 2010(Equity Depot). The County was well-represented at the November 30Piece by Piece (PBP) launch event. The Clayton CountyNeighborhood Stabilization Program is a PBP partner; Clayton middleschool student Darrielle McCray was presented with a Piece by Piecerecognition award for her compelling website KidsofForeclosure.com;and Clayton County Commission Chair Eldrin Bell attended the eventalong with many other County representatives, stakeholders andresidents.
In December, PBPpartners SouthernCrescent Habitat forHumanity and Wells
Fargo announced afirst-of-its-kindpartnership torevitalize 70 homes inJonesboro's Iron Gatecommunity, aneighborhood wherevalues have droppedmore than 20 percentand crime hasincreased due to
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foreclosure in 2010 - AP
>Piece by Piece attacklaunched on housing crisis -AJC
heavy foreclosures. With a $175,000 grant from the Wells FargoFoundation and Wells Fargo employee volunteers supplying the labor(an estimated 2,500 hours), Southern Crescent is identifying eligible,income-qualified homeowners to receive home repairs, exterior paint,and landscape beautification along with interior energy-efficient andweatherization improvements.
Participating homeowners are also required to participate in preventivemaintenance and financial education training sessions. The goal of thepartnership is to boost home values and neighborhood marketability bybeautifying and improving Iron Gate properties helping residents whohave been plagued by job losses and other economic set-backs.
"We're close to the top [of metro Atlanta foreclosure cases], we realizewhere we are, but we're rolling up our sleeves to do something aboutit," Chairman Eldrin Bell said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -12/15/10). For more on this unique effort, read the AJC article orcoverage in the Clayton News Daily.
Plans are currently underway for a Clayton County Housing Summit tobe held in April. The planning committee is coordinating an agendathat will address foreclosures, senior housing, workforce housing,veterans housing, faith-based housing initiatives and special needshousing. We will keep PBP partners informed as dates are finalized.
Public Commitments Update:
We continue to receive public commitments from PBP partners inadvance of the April 8 deadline including contributions from the LivableCommunities Coalition and Rebuilding Together Atlanta.
Register for the Atlanta Regional Housing Forum:
The first Atlanta Regional Housing Forum of 2011 is scheduled forWednesday, March 2 at 9:30 a.m. at the Loudermilk Center downtown.The landscape of Atlanta is in the midst of a historic shift. The regionfaces numerous challenges to sustaining economic and social health inthe long-term. Join us for a discussion of the current housing andeconomic landscape and where we are headed. Speakers include:David Stockert (Post Properties), Rick Porter (Richport Properties),
Odetta MacLeish-White (Enterprise Community Partners), and AJRobinson (Central Atlanta Progress). For more details and toregister, click here.
SincerelySusan AdamsPiece by Piece Coordinator
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Featured Articles>Georgia financialdistress worse than
nation - AJC
>Can lease purchasesave us? - Shelterforce
>Metro AtlantaForeclosures up inFebruary - AJC
>Over 1 million homeslost to foreclosure in 2010- AP
>Piece by Piece attack
launched on housingcrisis - AJC
Dear Partners,
Since we sent out the Piece by Piece public commitment form onFebruary 9 (via email and hard copy), we have received a steady flowof responses including some completed commitment forms. Aspromised, we wanted to share a few examples with you to inform yourthinking as you prepare for the April 15 public commitment formsubmission deadline. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you havequestions regarding the forms or the commitment process.
Piece by Piece Examples: See how others are making a commitmentto address the foreclosure crisis: Center for Community Progress,D&E Group and the Urban League of Greater Atlanta.
Focus on Research: In December, the Research sector convened atthe Federal Reserve Bank ofAtlanta to talk about existingforeclosure research tools anddata needs for the future. Underthe leadership of Karen Leonede Nie and Jessica Dill, theFederal Reserve Bank of Atlantacreated a survey to identify thevarious data resources that are available to us in the Atlanta region aswell as to identify data gaps that may exist.
Request for Action: If you or your organization is engaged inresearch, PLEASE access and complete the survey athttp://frb.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_5b88Cukqeeqk2wY. Yourfeedback is critical to ensuring that we have a complete and accuratepicture of the foreclosure data landscape. If you have questions aboutthe survey, please reach out to Jessica Dill at [email protected] at 404.498.8429. Survey results will be included in future Piece byPiece communications.
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