Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Housing affordability -- Housing segregation and discrimination -- Homelessness -- Homeownership and home financing -- Housing development, planning, and the environment -- Conclusion -- Figures

"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...

Introduction -- Methods -- Physical health limitations and financial hardship -- Financial stress and satisfaction -- Mental health and sense of control -- Local voting -- Civic engagement -- Social capital -- Collective efficacy and perceived crime -- Homeownership: mechanisms and dependencies...

"The law-and-economics movement remains a dominant force in American private law, despite widespread recognition that many of its assumptions are implausible and that efficiency is not the law's only goal. This book adds to the debate by showing that many leading law-and-economics arguments fail...