Forbes: How New Deal Mortgage Policy Undermined Our Cities

How New Deal Mortgage Policy Undermined Our Cities

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Published: Wed. Dec 31, 1969 at 7:00 pm | Updated: Wed. Nov 2, 2011 at 1:34 pm | Comments: 0

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Forbes: How New Deal Mortgage Policy Undermined Our Cities

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A 2005 paper by Adam Gordon describes the effects of federal mortgage policy from the 1930s until the 1960s. Congress created the Federal Housing Administration in 1934, and gave it the power to provide mortgage insurance to housing lenders.

Forbes: How New Deal Mortgage Policy Undermined Our Cities

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