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Spark Talk: “Making Mass Foreclosure: An Extreme Case Analysis” by Walker Nelson Kahn (October 4th, 2024)
					
 Oct 4, 2024 
 10:30AM to 11:30AM

									

				

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	Date(s) - 04/10/2024
10:30 am - 11:30 am









Description: Mortgage foreclosure, like other debt collection processes, is a nexus transferring risk from financial markets to individual homeowners. This risk transfer is contested, and evolves in ways that have consequences for both industry actors and borrowers. Applying process tracing and mixed methods analysis to mortgage foreclosure litigation in one of the largest U.S. housing markets, this research examines how the practices that enabled mass foreclosure developed together with the financialization of U.S. society, how court systems managed conflicts between the demands of the mortgage industry and formal legal procedure, and the impact on homeowners struggling to keep their homes.


Bio: Walker Kahn is a postdoctoral researcher at University at Buffalo’s Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy. His research examines the relationship between debt collection processes, court systems, credit market structure, and precarity among struggling borrowers.


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