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Making room : the economics of homelessness
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ISBN: 0674543424 9780674543423 Year: 1996 Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. ; London Harvard University Press

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Housing desegregation and federal policy.
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ISBN: 0807841560 1469610981 9781469610986 9798890865106 Year: 1986 Publisher: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press

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Drawing on the expertise of social scientists, civil rights attorneys, and policy analysis, these original essays present the first comprehensive examination of housing integration and federal policy during the past two decades. This broad range of representative viewpoints examines the debate over racial quotas in housing, the ambiguities of federal fair housing law, and the shifting attitudes of white and black Americans toward integration.


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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac : turning the American dream into a nightmare
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ISBN: 1780935234 178093002X 9786613676177 1780930054 1280699205 Year: 2012 Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Academic,

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This book examines the role of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and other key players in the American mortgage market, in precipitating the current global financial crisis. From President Clinton''s announcement of the ''National Home Ownership Strategy'' in 1995 to its collapse in 2008, this book deftly explains the aims and consequences of extending mortgage lending to people who could not afford home ownership. Bankers, investment banks, rating agencies and derivatives have all been awarded their share of the blame, while politicians, regulators and government agencies have successfully avoided th

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