NCLR Media Guide
Janis Bowdler
Director, Wealth-Building Policy Project
Expertise:
Latino homeownership and housing discrimination; predatory lending and other financial abuses; asset accumulation and net worth of Latino families; basic banking and other financial services
Education:
Master’s degree, urban policy, Cleveland State University; bachelor’s degree, political science and history, Malone College
Current Position:
Oversight of policy analysis, research, and advocacy on issues related to housing, homeownership, wealth-building, and financial services
Previous Position(s):
Project Manager, residential redevelopment project at Famicos Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
Selected Publications:
Invited blogger at Univision.com, Rooflines, and The Huffington Post
The Foreclosure Generation: The Long-Term Impact of the Housing Crisis on Latino Children and Families, coauthored with Roberto Quercia, Center for Community Capital(February 2010)
A New Strategy for Building Wealth in Latino Communities (testimony) (April 2008)
Saving Homes, Saving Communities: Latino Brokers Speak Out on Hispanic Homeownership, coauthored with Tim Sandos (September 2007)
“Creating a Fair Housing System that Works for Latinos,” in Fragile Rights within Cities: Government, Housing, and Fairness (2007)
Jeopardizing Hispanic Homeownership: Predatory Practices in the Homebuying Market (May 2005)