Explores what caused the housing and mortgage crisis and provides remedies to repair the damage to ensure fairness, protect consumers, and guarantee soundness of the financial system without stifling innovation and overly restricting access to credit and consumer choice - Provided by publisher

Introduction: balancing access, affordability, and risk after the housing crisis / Jennifer H. Molinsky, Eric S. Belsky, and Christopher E. Herbert -- Making the case for homeownership as a policy goal : has the experience of the housing bust changed the calculus? -- Homeownership, wealth, and...