• “The American Dream or Just an Illusion? Understanding Land Contract Trends in the Midwest Pre- and Post-Crisis.” August 2019 Harvard study showing rent to own transactions are concentrated in neighborhoods with lower incomes and higher shares of non-white residents.
• “Toxic Transactions: How Land Installment Contracts Once Again Threaten Communities of Color.” July 2016 report on national problems with rent to own, by the National Consumer Law Center.
• “The Case for Reparations” by Ta-Nehisis Coates, The Atlantic June 2014. Article on the history of rent to own in African American communities and the reemergence of rent to own since 2009.
• “One legacy of the housing crisis: risky rent-to-own deals” by Amy Scott, NPR July 2018
• “Law Center Calls Seller-Financed Home Sales ‘Toxic Transactions'” by Alexandra Stevenson and Matthew Goldstein, New York Times July 2016
• “The Racist Roots of a Way to Sell Homes” by Editorial Board, New York Times April 2016