Credit Where It's Due: Rethinking Financial Citizenship

by Kristin S. Seefeldt, Jose Quinonez, Frederick F. Wherry, et al.

An estimated 45 million adults in the U.S. lack a credit score at time when credit invisibility can reduce one's ability to rent a home, find employment, or secure a mortgage or loan. As a result, individuals without credit--who are disproportionately African American and Latino--often lead separate and unequal financial lives. Yet, as sociologists and public policy experts Frederick Wherry, Kristin Seefeldt, and Anthony Alvarez argue, many people...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871548666
• ISBN13: 9780871548665
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"