Publication Date
7-1-1996
Summary
Homeownership for low-income families is becoming the housing policy of choice in the 1990’s. To what extent is this justified? What should the policy be? This paper concludes that homeownership policy for the poor may have positive effects, but the circumstances of poor households—especially neighborhood conditions and income instability—must be taken into account.
Document Type
Working Paper
Category
Financial Inclusion
Subarea
Asset Building
Original Citation
Scanlon, E. (1996). Homeownership and its impacts: Implications for housing policy for low-income families (CSD Working Paper No. 96-2). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.
Keywords
homeownership, low income, policy, asset effects
Recommended Citation
Scanlon, E. (1996). Homeownership and its impacts: Implications for housing policy for low-income families (CSD Working Paper No. 96-2). St. Louis, MO: Washington University, Center for Social Development.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7936/K70K2822
Notes
Subsequent publication: Scanlon, E. (1998). Low-income homeownership policy as a community development strategy. Journal of Community Practice, 5(2), 137–154. doi:10.1300/J125v05n01_09