hi my name's karen requirement
i'm a sociologist in college and norton massachusetts and i wanted to talk today about
a paper that i haven't symbolic interaction called comfort in burden
the changing meaning of home for owners at risk a foreclosure i became interested in
the meaning of home in the early years of the foreclosure crisis one millions of
americans became a risk of losing their houses
i was interested because homeownership is very frequently correlated with the sense of security
and control security for the long term oneself and one's children
and also control over the physical space
where they can park
how their children can play and the like
what i found with that one homeowners talked is out buying the houses the absolutely
connected homeownership with these
experiences they felt that becoming homeowners gave them a greater sense of control not only
in the present but also for their feature
and they felt that there's long-term security and the likelihood of their children going to
college and how they sit successful life was increased by homeownership
when people begin to talk about the prospect of losing their houses both of these
scheme
under can came into conflict
on the one hand to their long term security without rest
it can no longer can i'm being able to control the circumstances when under which
they would be backhouse sell the house removed to another location
but also their greater sense of control over physical space and the process of polish
changed so not only do they feel out of control in terms of their own
houses for example they frequently didn't answer the phone because they were afraid that it
would be bill collectors calling
but they also fell the loss of control over the process
when they began trying to call lenders and banks to try to refinance the mortgage
frequently you did not receive return phone calls
they were offering giving conflicting information by different representatives
and they also frequently felt that they had no voice in the process
so their sense of security and their sense of control were undermined
when i compared owners it would fully expected to own homes those you grew up
the middle class american families
so those who saw homeownership more is an accomplishment i did find significant differences for
those and always expected own homes
the prospect of foreclosure represented a threat to their financial feature and a threat to
their sense of security and the house
but for analysis at home ownership is an accomplishment not only with these threatens
but so to with their sense of status
and their connection to both a citizenship
to the middle class to six tasks after a divorce or success
on their own
their successful adults the transition
these issues and more are explored in my paper and i hope that you enjoy
reading it
thank you