Challenges to Building Sustainable Homeownership in Latino Communities

Author:	Janis Bowdler
Contact:	Janis Bowdler
Date:	Apr 16, 2007
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Topic:	Community and Family Wealth-Building
Policy:	Homeownership

Summary

NCLR testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and expressed concerns that barriers within the mortgage market impede Latinos’ access to affordable home loans. NCLR’s recommendations to the Committee are to improve accountability standards, strengthen existing consumer protection laws, and invest in homeownership and foreclosure prevention counseling.