The volatility of the business cycle and an extreme shortage of housing were the twin problems of American economic life in the years following the First World War. Under the…
UCC08-13: In this paper, we review a wide variety of programs that are used to support savings by families, in particular by low- and moderate-income families. These…
J. Michael Collins, Eric Belsky, Micky Tripathi
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July 15, 1999
W99-7: This paper provides a step-by-step approach to understanding and estimating the economic benefits of helping lower-income households buy and own their first home…