Dispossessed: How Predatory Bureaucracy Foreclosed on the American Middle Class Volume 44

by Noelle Stout

Book Overview

In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, more than 14 million U.S. homeowners filed for foreclosure. Focusing on the hard-hit Sacramento Valley, Noelle Stout uncovers the predacious bureaucracy that organized the largest bank seizure of residential homes in U.S. history. Stout reveals the failure of Wall Street banks' mortgage assistance programs--backed by over $300 billion of federal funds--to deliver on the promise of relief. Unlike the programs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520291786
• ISBN13: 9780520291782
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"