Low-Income Homeownership: Examining the Unexamined Goal

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Low-Income Homeownership Examining the Unexamined Goal Nicolas P. Retsinas Eric S. Belsky Editors Joint Center for Housing Studies Cambridge, Massachusetts Brookings Institution Press Washington, D.C. file01 front pp_i-xvi.qxd 7/5/2002 2:08 PM Page iii ABOUT BROOKINGS The Brookings Institution is a private nonprofit organization devoted to research, education , and publication on important issues of domestic and foreign policy. Its principal purpose is to bring knowledge to bear on current and emerging policy problems. The Institution maintains a position of neutrality on issues of public policy. Interpretations or conclusions in Brookings publications should be understood to be solely those of the authors. Copyright © 2002 THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 www.brookings.edu All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data Low-income homeownership : examining the unexamined goal / Nicolas P. Retsinas and Eric S. Belsky, editors. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (pp. ) and index. ISBN 0-8157-0614-6 (cloth) — ISBN 0-8157-0613-8 (paper) 1. Home ownership—Social aspects—United States. 2. Low-income housing—United States. 3. Low-income housing—United States—Finance. 4. Homeowners—United States—Economic conditions. I. Retsinas, Nicolas Paul, 1946– II. Belsky, Eric S. HD7287.82.U6 L68 2002 363.5’0973—dc21 2002008414 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The paper used in this publication meets minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials: ANSI Z39.48-1992. Typeset in Adobe Garamond Composition by Betsy Kulamer Washington, D.C. Printed by R. R. Donnelley and Sons Harrisonburg, Virginia file01 front pp_i-xvi.qxd 7/5/2002 2:08 PM Page iv ...