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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825300403321

Titolo

Where credit is due : bringing equity to credit and housing after the market meltdown / / edited by Christy Rogers and john a. powell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : University Press of America, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-7618-5607-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (403 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

RogersChristy

PowellJohn A

Disciplina

346.73004

Soggetti

Equity - United States

Credit - United States

Financial crises - United States

Housing - United States - Finance

Discrimination in consumer credit - United States

Discrimination in mortgage loans - United States

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One. Overview; Chapter Two. Understanding the Subprime Crisis: Institutional Evolution and Theoretical Views; Chapter Three. Subprime Lending, Foreclosure and Race: An Introduction to the Role of Securitization in Residential Mortgage Finance; Chapter Four. A Structural Racism Lens on Subprime Foreclosures and Vacant Properties; Chapter Five. Subprime Lending, Mortgage Foreclosure and Race: How Far Have We Come and How Far Have We to Go?; Chapter Six. Subprime Lending in the City of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County

Chapter Seven. Bending Toward Justice: An Empirical Study of Foreclosures in One Neighborhood Three Years after Impact and a Proposed Framework for a Better CommunityChapter Eight. The Foreclosure Crisis and Fair Credit Access in Immigrant Communities; Chapter Nine. An Ethnographic View of Impact: Asset Stripping for



People of Color; Chapter Ten. Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing: A Critical Component of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program; Chapter Eleven. Fannie, Freddie, and the Future of Fair Housing

Chapter Twelve. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: How Can We Improve Their Support of the Mortgage Market?Chapter Thirteen. Furthering Fair Housing, the Housing Finance System, and the Government Sponsored Enterprises; Chapter Fourteen. Give Credit Where Credit Is Due: Overhauling the CRA; Chapter Fifteen. Breaking the Bank /(Re)Making the Bank: America's Financial Crisis and the Implications for Sustainable Advocacy for Fair Credit and Fair Banking; Chapter Sixteen. The Housing and Credit Crisis Revisited: Looking Back and Moving Forward; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing upon history and insight into the current crisis, this book shows that the subprime lending and foreclosure crisis is not an anomaly, especially for people of color; nor is it over. These essays provide a framework for creating equitable policy and ultimately building more stable communities for all Americans.