At the boundaries of homeownership: credit, discrimination, and the American state

"In the United States, homeownership is synonymous with economic security and middle-class status. It has played this role in American life for almost a century, and as a result, homeownership's centrality to Americans' economic lives has come to seem natural and inevitable. But this...

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Main Author: Thurston, Chloe N. 1985- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Cambridge University Press 2018
Edition:Cambridge ; New York ; Port Melbourne ; New Delhi ; Singapore
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Summary:"In the United States, homeownership is synonymous with economic security and middle-class status. It has played this role in American life for almost a century, and as a result, homeownership's centrality to Americans' economic lives has come to seem natural and inevitable. But this state of affairs did not develop spontaneously or inexorably. On the contrary, it was the product of federal government policies, established during the 1930s and developed over the course of the twentieth century. At the Boundaries of Homeownership traces how the government's role in this became submerged from public view and how several groups who were locked out of homeownership came to recognize and reveal the role of the government. Through organizing and activism, these boundary groups transformed laws and private practices governing determinations of credit-worthiness. This book describes the important policy consequences of their achievements and the implications for how we understand American statebuilding"...
"This book is about the ubiquity of boundaries in social, economic, and political life"...
Physical Description:xviii, 255 Seiten
ISBN:9781108422055
9781108434522

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