Finance and Economics Discussion Series (FEDS)
April 2013
A Primer on Farm Mortgage Debt Relief Programs during the 1930s
Jonathan D. Rose
Abstract:
This paper describes New Deal farm mortgage debt relief programs, implemented through the Federal Land Banks and the Land Bank Commissioner. Along with the Home Owners' Loan Corporation, the analogous program for nonfarm residential mortgage borrowers, these were the first large-scale mortgage debt relief programs in US history.
Full paper (Screen Reader Version)Keywords: Loan modification, farm mortgages, New Deal, Great Depression
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