{"id":2337,"date":"2017-02-13T01:00:38","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T01:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/?p=2337"},"modified":"2019-11-06T14:45:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T14:45:09","slug":"how-fannie-maes-decision-to-reimburse-for-polycarbonate-boarding-in-could-reverse-decades-of-blight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/how-fannie-maes-decision-to-reimburse-for-polycarbonate-boarding-in-could-reverse-decades-of-blight\/","title":{"rendered":"How Fannie Mae&#8217;s decision to reimburse for polycarbonate boarding in pre-foreclosure could reverse decades of blight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For decades, the only choice servicers had when securing a vacant or abandoned property was plywood. Boarding up windows and doors with plywood was supposed to keep the asset safe, but the effect was often the opposite \u2014 the boarded-up home advertised vacancy, which invited looting and other criminal activity.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a new alternative to plywood \u2014\u00a0polycarbonate boarding \u2014 promises to reverse the cycle of blight while better securing properties. Developed by SecureView in 2010, the battle against community blight got a huge shot in the arm as Fannie Mae announced that it would reimburse servicers for installing polycarbonate boarding in pre-foreclosure.<\/p>\n<p>This one action could prove to be a game-changer for communities throughout the nation, reversing decades of blight. This white paper explores the real cost of boarding with plywood and what servicers need to know about Fannie Mae&#8217;s new policy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publisher:\u00a0Community Blight Solutions<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Date:<\/strong>\u00a0February\u00a02017<\/p>\n<p><!--[if lte IE 8]>\n<script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/js.hsforms.net\/forms\/v2-legacy.js\"><\/script>\n<![endif]--><br \/>\n<script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/js.hsforms.net\/forms\/v2.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script>\n  hbspt.forms.create({\n\tportalId: \"4509319\",\n\tformId: \"a3cda933-d221-42df-82cf-192ee0811b88\"\n});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For decades, the only choice servicers had when securing a vacant or abandoned property was plywood. Boarding up windows and doors with plywood was supposed to keep the asset safe, but the effect was often the opposite \u2014 the boarded-up home advertised vacancy, which invited looting and other criminal activity. Now, a new alternative to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":686,"featured_media":2338,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,63],"coauthors":[80],"class_list":["post-2337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-servicing","tag-top-picks","tag-white-paper"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/polycarbonate_448573285-copy.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/686"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2866,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337\/revisions\/2866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.housingwire.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}