On Wednesday, November 12, Dean Baker (Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research), Lisa Donner (Executive Director, "Half In Ten" anti-poverty campaign), and Andrew Jackabovics (Associate Director, Center for American Progress' Economic Mobility Program) discussed how states can respond to the housing credit crunch and the best use of federal "bail-out" funds for state citizens and the economy. Topics included "Right-to-Rent" and state foreclosure prevention policies.
Powerpoint Presentations:
Dean Baker (Center for Economic and Policy Research): The Right to Rent: The Solution to the Foreclosure Crisis
Lisa Donner (Half In Ten): Philadelphia's Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program
Andrew Jackabovics (Center for American Progress): State Responses to the Housing Crisis
Presenter Bios:
Bios for Presenters on Housing Crisis Briefing
Additional Materials:
North Carolina's Emergency Foreclosure Reduction Program: NC Session Law 2008-226