Asset Poverty

Assets & Opportunity Special Report: The Financial Security of Households with Children
Kasey Wiedrich, Stephen Crawford and Leigh Tivol, Corporation for Enterprise Development, May 2010

The Assets Report 2010
Reid Cramer, Mark Huelsman, Justin King, Alejandra Lopez-Fernandini and David Newville, New America Foundation, April 2010

Weathering the Storm: Have IDAs Helped Low-Income Homebuyers Avoid Foreclosure? (pdf)
Ida Rademacher and Kasey Wiedrich, Corporation for Enterprise Development and Signe-Mary McKernan and Megan Gallagher, the Urban Institute, April 2010

The State of Opportunity, 2009
The Opportunity Agenda, January 2010

A Penny Saved is Mobility Earned: Advancing Economic Mobility Through Savings
Reid Cramer, Rourke O'Brien, Daniel Cooper and Maria Luengo-Prado, Economic Mobility Project and the New America Foundation, November 2009

Are Families Prepared for Financial Emergencies?
Caroline Ratcliffe and Katie Vinopal, The Urban Institute, September 2009

Hitting Bottom? An Updated Analysis of Rents and the Price of Housing in 100 Metropolitan Areas (pdf)
Danilo Pelletiere, Hye Jin Rho and Dean Baker, Center for Economic Policy Research and National Low-Income Housing Coalition, August 2009

Asset Building in Low-Income Communities of Color, Part 2
Wilhelmina A. Leigh and Anna L. Wheatley, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, July 2009

The Assets Report 2009
Reid Cramer and Collin Siu, The New America Foundation, July 2009

Desperate Homeowners: Loan Mod Scammers Step in When Loan Servicers Refuse to Provide Relief (pdf)
Lauren K. Saunders, Andrew G. Pizor and Tara Twomey, National Consumer Law Center, July 2009

Asset Building in Low-income Communities of Color, Part 1
Wilhelmina A. Leigh, Lauren M. Ross, Anna L. Wheatley and Danielle Huff, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, March 2009

Rental Assistance Asset Accounts
Reid Cramer and Jeffrey Lubell, New America Foundation, January 2009

Massachusetts Asset Development Commission Progress Report (pdf)
Massachusetts Asset Development Commission, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, December 2008

Access to Financial Services, Savings, and Assets Among the Poor (pdf)
Michael S. Barr and Rebecca M. Blank, National Poverty Center, November 2008

The Assets Agenda: Policy Options to Promote Savings and Asset Ownership by Low- and Moderate-Income Americans
Alejandra Lopez-Fernandini, Reid Cramer and Rourke O'Brien, New America Foundation, September 2008

Return on Investment: Getting more from Federal Asset-Building Policies
Corporation for Enterprise Development, 2008

Portraits of the Assets and Liabilities of Low-Income Families
J. Adam Carasso and Signe-Mary McKernan, The Urban Institute, May 2008

Return on Investment: Getting more from Federal Asset-Building Policies
Corporation for Enterprise Development, 2008

Improving Opportunities and Incentives for Saving by Middle- and Low-Income Households
William G. Gale, Jonathan Gruber, Peter R. Orszag, April 2006

Impact of Asset Ownership on Social Inclusion
M. Lombe and M. Sherraden, 2005

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