Policy Intervention in Debt Renegotiation: Evidence from the Home Affordable Modification Program
FRB of Chicago Working Paper No. 2013-27
Kreisman Working Papers Series in Housing Law and Policy No. 7
69 Pages Posted: 28 Jan 2014
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Policy Intervention in Debt Renegotiation: Evidence from the Home Affordable Modification Program
Policy Intervention in Debt Renegotiation: Evidence from the Home Affordable Modification Program
Policy Intervention in Debt Renegotiation: Evidence from the Home Affordable Modification Program
Date Written: June 2016
Abstract
We evaluate the effects of the 2009 Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) that provided intermediaries with sizeable financial incentives to renegotiate mortgages. HAMP increased intensity of renegotiations and prevented substantial number of foreclosures but reached just one-third of its targeted indebted households. This shortfall was in large part due to low renegotiation intensity of a few large intermediaries and was driven by intermediary-specific factors. Exploiting regional variation in the intensity of program implementation by intermediaries suggests that the program was associated with lower rate of foreclosures, consumer debt delinquencies, house price declines, and an increase in durable spending.
Keywords: Government intervention, Debt renegotiation, Mortgage modification, Foreclosures, Housing crisis, HAMP, Servicers
JEL Classification: E60, E65, G18, G21, H3
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