From foreclosure to fair lending : advocacy, organizing, occupy, and the pursuit of equitable access to credit / edited by Chester Hartman and Gregory D. Squires.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hartman, Chester W., editor.

Squires, Gregory D., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Housing--United States.

Housing.

Housing policy--Citizen participation.

Housing policy.

Mortgage loans--United States.

Mortgage loans.

Economic policy--United States--Citizen participation.

Economic policy.

Occupy movement--United States.

Occupy movement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 pages) : illustrations, graphs

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : New Village Press, 2013.

Summary:

This book informs a renewed movement for fair lending and fair housing.Leading advocates and specialists examine strategic initiatives to realize objectives of the federal Fair Housing Act as well as state and local laws Well-known fair housing and fair lending activists and organizers examine the implications of the new wave of fair housing.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword: Undoing the Bitter Legacy of Segragation and Discrimination | Douglas S. Massey

1. Introduction: Occupy Wall Street: A New Wave of Fair Housing Activism? | Gregory D. Squires and Chester Hartman

THE ACTIVISTS

2. The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Race, Risk, and Access to Credit in a Changing Market | Debby Goldberg and Lisa Rice

3. Onward and Upward: The Fight to Ensure Equal Access to Credit via the Federal Housing Administration | David Berenbaum and Katrina S. Forrest

4. Five Lessons Offered by but Not Learned from the Recent Collapse of the US Economy and the Housing Market | James H. Carr and Katrin B. Anacker

5. Opportunity Lost: How Low-Income and Minority Households Were Denied Access to Historically Low Home Prices and Interest Rates | M. William Sermons

6. Finding a Home for the Occupy Movement: Lessons from the Baltimore and Memphis Wells Fargo Litigation | John P. Relman

7. A Tale of Two Recoveries: Discrimination in the Maintenance and Marketing of REO Properties in African American and Latino Neighborhoods across America | Shanit Abedin and Shanna L. Smith

THE ORGANIZERS

8. Building the Power to Win the Battle of Big Ideas and Advance a Long-Term Agenda | George Goehl and Sandra Hinson

9. Forcing Banks to the Bargaining Table: Renegotiating Wall Street's Relationship with Our Communities | Stephen Lerner and Saqtb Bhatti

10. Housing as a Human Right: Where Do Immigrants Stand? | Janis Bowdler, Donald L. Kahl, and Jose A. Garcia

THE SCHOLARS

11. The Limits of Litigation in Fulfilling the Fair Housing Act's Promise of Nondiscriminatory Home Loans | Robert G. Schwemm

12. Housing, Race, and Opportunity | John A. Powell

13. Winning Battles and Losing the War: The Progressive Advocacy World | Mike Miller.

14. Building a Movement for Fair Lending, Foreclosure Relief, and Financial Reform | Peter Dreter

Contributors

Acknowledgments

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-61332-052-3

OCLC:

1021173616