The book analyzes housing finance policy in developing countries at a time of unprecedented change in such systems. It brings together and updates journal articles originally written as background papers and sector studies for the World Bank's involvement in these changes. It fo…
The book looks at housing finance policy in developing countries at a time of unprecedented change in such systems. It brings together a wide variety of changes in housing systems in a relatively simple conceptual framework.
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 mo…
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 mo…
"African American homebuyers continue to pay more for and get less from homeownership. This book explains how fervent adherence to the American Dream amongst working-class African Americans makes them vulnerable in a structurally racist housing market"--
"African American homebuyers continue to pay more for and get less from homeownership. This book explains how fervent adherence to the American Dream amongst working-class African Americans makes them vulnerable in a structurally racist housing market."
"African American homebuyers continue to pay more for and get less from homeownership. This book explains how fervent adherence to the American Dream amongst working-class African Americans makes them vulnerable in a structurally racist housing market"--
"African American homebuyers continue to pay more for and get less from homeownership. This book explains how fervent adherence to the American Dream amongst working-class African Americans makes them vulnerable in a structurally racist housing market"-- "African American homeb…
African American homebuyers continue to pay more for and get less from homeownership. This book explains the motivations for pursuing homeownership amongst working-class African Americans despite the structural conditions that make it less economically and socially rewarding for…
Under pressure: essays on urban housing
Under pressure: essays on urban housing
"Under Pressure is about instigation and design in urban housing. Urban housing is a bellwether for economic, social, and political change. It varies widely in quality, typology, and audience and lies between the formal systems of urban infrastructure and the informal systems of…