HBTL-08: Public policies at the federal, state, and local levels have espoused to support homeowners and homeownership for decades. Yet, low-income people continue to…
J. Michael Collins, Eric Belsky, Karl Case
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February 8, 2004
BABC 04-8: This paper explores the shift of residential mortgage lending from a system where credit was rationed to prime quality borrowers to a system where subprime…
Raphael Bostic, Paul Calem, Susan Wachter
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February 5, 2004
BABC 04-5: There is a broad consensus regarding the benefits of homeownership, which include wealth accumulation and improvements along social and personal dimensions.…
J. Michael Collins, David Crowe, Michael Carliner
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October 5, 2001
Much of homeownership research and policy focuses on financial or information barriers that might frustrate low-income renter households from buying a home. Given existing…