Archive: Akron

• WCP: Predatory Lenders Making American Nightmares From American Dreams

  As if losing their homes during the foreclosure crisis was not cruel enough, working-class families are now being lured by predatory lenders into deceptive rent-to-own contracts. As Wade Rathke expl

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Affordable Housing, Akron, Foreclosure Crisis, Foreclosures, Great Recession, John Russo, Philadelphia, Rent-to-Own Contracts, Sherry Linkon, Wade Rathke, Wall Street, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives