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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.

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Bratt, Rachel . 1986. Community-based housing programs: Overview, assessment, and agenda for the future. Journal of Planning Education and Research 5, 3: 164-177.

Council for Community-Based Development (CCBD) . 1989. Expanding horizons: Foundation grant support of community-based development. Washington, D.C.: CCBD.

Dreier, Peter . 1987. Community-based housing: A progressive approach to a new federal housing policy. Social Policy 18, 2: 18-22.

Keating, W. Dennis . 1989. The emergence of community development corporations: Their impact on housing and neighborhoods. Shelterforce 11, 5: 8-11, 14-14.

Leonard, Paul A. , Cushing N. Dolbeare , and Edward B. Lazere . 1989. A place to call home: The crisis in housing for the poor. Washington, D.C.: Center for Budget and Policy Priorities and Low Income Housing Information Service.

Lowry, Ira S. 1989. Housing policy for the 1990s: A planner's guide. Journal of the American Planning Association 55, 1: 93-100.

Mayer, Neil S. 1984. Neighborhood organizations and community development: Making revitalization work. Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute Press.

National Housing Task Force . 1988. A decent place to live. Washington, D.C.: National Housing Task Force.

Vidal, Avis C. 1989. Community economic development assessment: A national study of urban community development corporations. New York: Community Development Research Center, Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, New School for Social Research.

Current Status and Future Prospects for Community Development Corporations

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