The American housing crisis
By: Louise I. Gerdes, book editor
Series: At issue
Publisher: Greenhaven Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning; Greenhaven Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, Michigan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9780737768183; 9780737768190
Subjects: Housing; Finance; Mortgage loans; Financial crises; Home ownership
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-93) and index.
Table of contents: title: The American housing crisis continues to threaten families and neighborhoods / Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers; title: Homeownership continues to be a reliable wealth-building strategy for; title: Lower-income families / Allison Freeman and Janneke Ratcliffe; title: Homeownership is an unreliable wealth-building strategy / Dennis Ventry; title: A focus on homeownership diverts investment in innovations that better improve the economy / Wall Street Journal; title: Policies that promote homeownership hurt minorities / Seth Mandel; title: Racist lending practices led minorities to suffer disproportionately from the housing crisis / Leela Yellesetty; title: The housing crisis changed American attitudes towards homeownership and renting / MacArthur Foundation; title: Lending reform must not unnecessarily limit access to mortgage credit / David M. Abromowitz; title: Lending reform must force borrowers to accept responsibility for risk / Jay Weiser; title: Lending reform threatens minority homeownership / Liz Peek; title: Mortgage refinancing programs will improve the economy and prevent unnecessary foreclosures / John Griffith, Janneke Ratcliffe, and David M. Abromowitz; title: Laws that prevent foreclosures delay recovery from the housing crisis / Anthony Randazzo and Katie Furtick; title: The mortgage interest deduction should not be repealed because it promotes homeownership and wealth equality / John C. Weichre; title: The mortgage interest deduction does not promote homeownership and should be abandoned / Doyle McManus; title: Government-sponsored mortgage finance companies promote housing recovery / Timothy J. Mayopoulos; title: The influence of government-sponsored mortgage finance companies should be reduced / Alex J. Pollock.