The Right to Rent Plan

Dean Baker

CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs from Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

Abstract: This issue brief discusses a plan that would effectively deal with the mounting problem of home foreclosures in this country. The main point of the plan is that those who are facing foreclosure should have the option to remain in their home for a substantial period of time as renters. There are also numerous advantages in enacting Right to Rent legislation: it is simple, it can take effect immediately, it requires no taxpayer dollars, and it creates no new bureaucracy.

Keywords: right to rent; foreclosures; housing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G G2 G21 G28 R R2 R21 R28 R3 R38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 2 pages
Date: 2009-07
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