Revisiting the origins of the subprime crisis -- The costs of foreclosure and the racialized shape of the crisis -- The Federal government to the rescue? -- Regulating the mortgage market -- The housing finance debate -- The housing finance debate

The purpose of this paper is to lay out the range of responses to the foreclosure crisis in which local organizations have been engaged in recent years, providing a scheme for thinking about local responses to the crisis and the actors and organizations involved. It is also intended to help...

Based on approximately fifty interviews, along with analysis of data and newspaper coverage, this report compares local responses to surging foreclosures in three pairs of regions with similar housing markets and foreclosure-related challenges (St. Louis/Cleveland, East Bay/Riverside, and...