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Moral Economies of Debt Forgiveness and Enforcement in Postcrisis Iceland
Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Who deserves financial relief in times of crisis, and on what grounds? The 2008 collapse of Iceland's banking system prompted state intervention to mitigate household indebtedness, including forbearance, pension withdrawals, repayment adjustments, and debt reductions.
Timothy Heffernan
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Homestead, Urban Homeownership and Long-Term Residence of Rural–Urban Migrants: Evidence from China
LandThis study utilizes the push–pull framework to examine the impact of homestead and urban homeownership on Chinese migrants’ willingness to settle in urban areas in the long term, as well as the moderating role of local homeownership.
Yidong Wu +3 more
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The Association of Medicaid Estate Recovery with Homeownership, Home Equity, and Medicaid Enrollment
The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.Policy Points This study examines the association between the implementation of Medicaid estate recovery and homeownership, home equity, and Medicaid enrollment among low‐income adults. Estate recovery is associated with a decrease in Medicaid enrollment among unmarried, low‐income older adults and a decrease in home equity overall and among Black ...
AMANDA SPISHAK‐THOMAS
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Evaluating Market Attributes and Housing Affordability: Gaining Perspective on Future Value Trends
Real Estate Management and ValuationThis study fills a significant research gap in Malaysian government-led homeownership and affordability. Centered on crucial market attributes influencing these initiatives, insights from low-income groups were obtained. The primary aim of this study was
Said Rosli +5 more
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Homeownership and ill-being [PDF]
Social policy aims to relieve the ill-being of low income groups, and housing policies in many European countries promote homeownership for low-income households.
Bloze, Gintautas, Skak, Morten
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Improving Population Health Through Housing Policy: Lessons From the Public Housing Program
The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.Policy Points Housing is a fundamental social determinant of health and is particularly amenable to policy intervention. Policies that seek to improve health should improve housing quality, affordability, and stability. The public housing program has improved health across the life course, but the structure of the program currently limits its ...
ANDREW FENELON
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Homeownership in the Immigrant Population [PDF]
This paper analyzes the determinants of homeownership in immigrant households over the 1980-2000 period. The study finds that immigrants have lower homeownership rates than natives and that the homeownership gap widened significantly during that period ...
George J. Borjas
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how socio‐political constructions of rental markets create housing vulnerabilities for subaltern renters. Going beyond the typical focus on occupancy claims in slums, I study rent and racialization in Indian cities through the experiences of Northeastern migrant women living in Bengaluru.
Meghna Mohandas
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CAPITALIZING CRISIS: Urban Extractivism in Athens Amidst Neoliberal Restructurings
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract In this article we examine the post‐2009 transformation of Athens through the analytical lens of urban extractivism. We argue that the Greek sovereign debt crisis did not operate as a temporary disruption, but as a durable political condition that enabled the institutionalization of extractive urban governance.
Konstantinos Zafeiris +2 more
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Homeownership and subjective well-being [PDF]
Favouring homeownership is an important part of housing policies in many countries. Although this may be explained by the preferences of the majority of voters, it may also be because homeownership is believed to have positive effects on individuals ...
Bloze, Gintautas, Skak, Morten
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