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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThe Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy would like to thank the SurdnaFoundation, Inc. and the Fannie Mae Foundation for their generous support of the Center and itswork on competitive cities. PolicyLink is grateful for the support it receives from the RockefellerFoundation, the Ford Foundation, the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Open Society Institute.ABOUT THE AUTHORSMaureen Kennedy is a California-based policy consultant focused on housingand economic development issues, and high-leverage social change strategies. She served in theClinton Administration, first in the White House, then as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy at theDepartment of Housing and Urban Development, and finally as Administrator of the Rural HousingService. Paul Leonard is a policy consultant specializing in issues of housing, communitydevelopment and welfare reform, based in Berkeley, CA. He served as acting Assistant Secretary forPolicy Development and Research and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development at theU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Comments on this paper can be sent directlyto the authors at MaureenKennedy@aol.com and paleonard@home.com.The views expressed in this discussion paper are those of the authors and are not necessarily those ofthe trustees, officers, or staff members of the Brookings Institution, nor of the board of directors ofPolicyLink.Copyright (c) 2001 The Brookings Institutioniv