Current Status and Future Prospects for Community Development Corporations

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), 399 pp., $34.95. 2. Renee Berger, Against All Odds: The Achievements of Community-Based Development Organizations (Washington, D.C.: National Congress for Community Economic Development, March 1989), 10 pp., $10.00. 3. Neil S. Mayer, The Role of Nonprofits in Renewed Federal Housing Efforts (Cambridge, Ma.: Center for Real Estate Development, MIT, March 1988), HP 16,32 pp., $5.00. 4. Neal R. Pierce and Carol F. Steinbach, Corrective Capitalism: The Rise of America's Community Development Corporations (New York: Ford Foundation, July 1987), 8 pp., no price.