Race, Ethnicity, and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis

EPI's Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy

PRESENTS

Race, Ethnicity, and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis

Thursday, June 12, 2008
Registration 2:30 pm
Program 3:00-5:00 pm

Economic Policy Institute
1333 H Street, NW, Suite 300, East Tower
Washington, D.C. 20005
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Moderated by
DR. ALGERNON AUSTIN
Director of the Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy

with presentations by

GRACIELA APONTE
National Council of LaRaza

DEBBIE BOCIAN
Center for Responsible Lending

WILHELMINA LEIGH
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

DEDRICK MUHAMMAD
Institute for Policy Studies

GREGORY SQUIRES
George Washington University
Author of "Do subprime loans create subprime cities?"

The subprime mortgage crisis, with its links to the broader housing sector and to financial markets, is at the top of the national policy agenda. As Congress and the Federal Reserve consider proposals for reform, it is important to consider how and why this crisis came to have a disproportionate impact on communities of color. Our panel will discuss the reasons for this disparate impact and how policy reforms can be best tailored to serve the communities hardest hit by the crisis.