Sentence examples for contributed to the housing from inspiring English sources

Arguably, the failure to consider investment-led approaches to economic growth at this time contributed to the housing bubble, too.

But many others praised the Fed for reversing course after a long period of laissez-faire toward the lending industry that had contributed to the housing bubble.

Senator Brown of Ohio and Representative Brad Miller of North Carolina urged the administration to more thoroughly investigate conduct that contributed to the housing bubble.

Mr. Hoenig said the Fed erred after the 2001 recession by holding interest rates low for too long, which he views as having contributed to the housing bubble.

After Gingrich blasted Romney for investments that contributed to the housing crisis, Romney turned around and asked him if he had some of those same kinds of investments.

Then he spent the last two years gradually trying to reverse the policy of cheap money that contributed to the housing boom, raised the risk of reviving inflation and threatened to add important elements of economic uncertainty.

The upsurge in rates has breathed new life into adjustable-rate mortgages, or ARMs, which contributed to the housing-market collapse by trapping borrowers in loans they could not afford.

The decision to build on Roquebrune-Cap-Martin was a joint one, and he contributed to the house's design.

Some say Mr. Greenspan held rates low for too long, contributing to the housing bubble.

This law requires that housing developers sell 20percentt of all units below market prices or contribute to the housing trust fund that would help build future affordable units.

As now written, the proposal would permit developers to reduce the 20percentt requirement to 10percentt by contributing to the housing trust fund instead.