A new Federal Reserve Bank of New York staff paper sheds timely light on the impact of foreclosure-mitigation efforts on long-term housing markets and household wealth. Providing compelling empirical evidence to back up longstanding economic expectations, the study finds that California’s foreclosure-mitigation and neighborhood-preservation efforts during the great financial crisis salvaged $300 billion in American wealth in just one state, preserving employment along the way.

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