Asset Poverty
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 AccountsReid 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 AmericansAlejandra Lopez-Fernandini, Reid Cramer and Rourke O'Brien, New America Foundation, September 2008
Return on Investment: Getting more from Federal Asset-Building PoliciesCorporation for Enterprise Development, 2008
Portraits of the Assets and Liabilities of Low-Income FamiliesJ. Adam Carasso and Signe-Mary McKernan, The Urban Institute, May 2008
Return on Investment: Getting more from Federal Asset-Building PoliciesCorporation for Enterprise Development, 2008
Improving Opportunities and Incentives for Saving by Middle- and Low-Income HouseholdsWilliam G. Gale, Jonathan Gruber, Peter R. Orszag, April 2006
Impact of Asset Ownership on Social InclusionM. Lombe and M. Sherraden, 2005
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