Professor of Law, University of Michigan; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Michael S. Barr is a Professor of Law at University of Michigan and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. From 2009-2010, he served as the Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions at the Department of the Treasury. He co-authored a discussion paper for The Hamilton Project in September 2008.
Full audio of Panel One: "Reforming Low-Income Housing Assistance" from the event The Future of Housing and Credit Markets
The Hamilton Project released new discussion papers and hosted panel discussions on housing and credit markets. The first panel explored ways to reform low-income housing assistance, while the second focused on innovative mortgage ideas to help protect consumers. The final panel featured a high-level discussion on the state of the housing and financial markets.
Full audio of Panel Three: "The State of Housing and Financial Markets" from the event The Future of Housing and Credit Markets
Full audio of Panel Two: "New Mortgage Ideas" from the event The Future of Housing and Credit Markets
The Project released new discussion papers and hosted panel discussions on housing and credit markets. The first panel explored ways to reform low-income housing assistance, while the second focused on innovative mortgage ideas to help protect consumers.
This paper develops a new framework for understanding the mortgage markets based on behavioral economic insights and proposes a ‘sticky’ opt-out mortgage system.
The Hamilton Project hosted a conversation on proposed policy responses to the mortgage-foreclosure problem. Many Americans now owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth however which policy provides the most effective remedy to the problem remains unanswered.
Full video from the Addressing the Foreclosure Crisis Hamilton Project event.
Addressing the Foreclosure Crisis full event audio
The Hamilton Project hosted a conversation on proposed policy responses to the mortgage-foreclosure problem. Many Americans now owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth; however, which policies provide the most effective remedy to the problem remains unanswered.
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