%0 Journal Article
%T ¡°Wouldn¡¯t You Walk Away?¡± Foreclosures and Homeowner Understandings
%A Carol L. Cleaveland
%A Debra Lattanzi Shutika
%J Families in Society
%@ 1945-1350
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1044389418809779
%X Social work scholarship on neoliberalism¡ªthe dominant ideology and policies shaping access to housing, jobs, healthcare, and education¡ªis in its infancy. This study examines the ground-level impact of the subprime mortgage crisis that triggered the Great Recession in 2008, examining how homeowners interpreted the changes to their neighborhood as they witnessed a remarkably high rate of foreclosures during the economic collapse of 2008-2010. Residents of a suburban community were unaware of the lending and banking practices that transformed their neighborhoods, though these policies arguably depreciated house values and a sense of well-being. Not knowing the culpability of predatory lenders in the crisis, some residents turned to an anti-immigrant social movement to preserve their community
%K neoliberalism
%K immigration
%K housing
%K economic justice
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1044389418809779