This working paper compares rental housing in 12 countries in Europe and North America, using individual records from household surveys. Differences in housing…
MF10-5: The U.S. mortgage finance system has gone from the envy of the world to a case study of failure in 2 short years. As recently as the 2003-2005 period the system…
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…
In this paper, I attempt to determine how the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) affects homeownership. The FHA insures the full value of selected loans made by private…