MF10-6: Since mid-2007, the federal government has devoted enormous sums of money and effort to foreclosure prevention. Washington’s approach to rising foreclosures has…
MF10-3: The recent tumult experienced by residential mortgage markets in the United States has left many struggling to determine what caused the crisis; what can be done…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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July 14, 2010
Even as the worst housing market correction in more than 60 years appeared to turn a corner in 2009, the fallout from sharply lower home prices and high unemployment…
W10-3: In spite of a diminishing supply of public resources, many nonprofit housing developers are expanding their roles and their portfolios to address an increasing…
W09-8: This paper examines the impact of publicly provided housing unit on student achievement in the context of low income households of Chile. It differs from previous…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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December 1, 2009
As a result of the credit market meltdown, the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program, the nation’s primary mechanism for producing and preserving affordable rental…
W10-1: The negative impacts of concentrated foreclosures have been destabilizing communities across the country. Community development corporations (CDCs) and other…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
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June 22, 2009
Despite unprecedented federal efforts to jumpstart the economy and help homeowners keep up with their mortgage payments, home prices continued to fall and foreclosures…
W09-2: Real estate owned (REO) housing resulting from the recent foreclosure crisis threatens to destabilize low- and moderate-income neighborhoods across the country.…