Payton, SethOttensmann, John2010-04-122010-04-122008-08http://www.policyinstitute.iu.edu/PubsPDFs/Foreclosures.pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2450/4636This issue brief focuses on the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. This bill has provisions that will offer opportunities for state and local governments to strategically curb foreclosure growth and repair the damage from foreclosures in distressed communities.Brief