In the wake of the Great Recession, US monetary policy focused in large measure on purchases of mortgage-backed securities, with the goal of lowering mortgage rates. The…
This paper seeks to refine our understanding of how refinancing a mortgage affects household outcomes. This issue has attracted particular attention in the wake of the Great…
The great majority of America’s high-performing community development organizations (CDOs) are actively tackling health challenges in their communities. In a new working…
Alina Schnake-Mahl, Sarah Norman
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January 30, 2017
During the past fifty years, community development organizations have worked in low-income communities that face the greatest barriers to good health. While recent changes in…
BABC 04-14: The 1971 federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) was intended to promote greater accuracy in credit reporting in the United States. Inaccurate credit…
