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Renters’ Responses to Financial Stress During the Pandemic

Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, Ben Demers, Solomon Greene, Chris Herbert, Alexander Hermann, David Luberoff, Sophia Wedeen • April 8, 2021

The COVID pandemic has had a particularly large impact on the financial well-being of renters in the US, and over the past year millions have struggled to pay rent. While…
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The Rent Eats First: Rental Housing Unaffordability in the US

Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, Alexander Hermann, Sophia Wedeen • January 13, 2021

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, renters in the United States were facing a housing affordability crisis. Nearly a quarter of renter households were spending more than half…
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Behaviorally Informed Home Mortgage Credit Regulation

Michael Barr, Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir • April 1, 2008

UCC08-12: Choosing a mortgage is one of the biggest financial decisions an American consumer will make. Yet it can be a complicated one, especially in today’s…
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Institutions and Inclusion in Saving Policy

Michael Sherraden, Michael Barr • February 15, 2004

BABC 04-15: Low- and moderate-income households save for routine payments, such as rent, as well as for major purchases, such as a washing machine or a car. Saving also…