Home Mortgage Problems Through the Lens of Bankruptcy
Loyola Journal of Public Interest Law, Vol. 10, p. 171, 2009
12 Pages Posted: 11 Feb 2010
Date Written: April 2009
Abstract
Based on a lecture at a predatory lending conference at Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, this brief paper discusses the 2007 Consumer Bankruptcy Project and how the empirical study of bankruptcy law informs our understanding of the intersection of mortgages and homeownership with financial distress, and whether bankruptcy can provide meaningful redress.
Keywords: bankruptcy, foreclosure, mortgages, homeownership, predatory lending
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Jacoby, Melissa B., Home Mortgage Problems Through the Lens of Bankruptcy (April 2009). Loyola Journal of Public Interest Law, Vol. 10, p. 171, 2009, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1550920, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1550920
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